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Wrongs and Crimes (Criminalization)
Victor Tadros
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Description for Wrongs and Crimes (Criminalization)
hardcover. Offering a philosophical investigation of the relationship between moral wrongdoing and criminalization, this book provides an account of the nature of moral wrongdoing, the sources of moral wrongdoing, why wrongdoing is the central target of criminal law, and the ways in which criminalization of non-wrongful conduct might be permissible. Series: Criminalization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKV; LAB; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 289 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
The Criminalization series arose from an interdisciplinary investigation into criminalization, focussing on the principles that might guide decisions about what kinds of conduct should be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take. Developing a normative theory of criminalization, the series tackles the key questions at the heart of the issue: what principles and goals should guide legislators in deciding what to criminalize? How should criminal wrongs be classified and differentiated? How should law enforcement officials apply the law's specifications of offences? The sixth volume in the series offers a philosophical investigation of the relationship between moral wrongdoing and ... Read more
The Criminalization series arose from an interdisciplinary investigation into criminalization, focussing on the principles that might guide decisions about what kinds of conduct should be criminalized, and the forms that criminalization should take. Developing a normative theory of criminalization, the series tackles the key questions at the heart of the issue: what principles and goals should guide legislators in deciding what to criminalize? How should criminal wrongs be classified and differentiated? How should law enforcement officials apply the law's specifications of offences? The sixth volume in the series offers a philosophical investigation of the relationship between moral wrongdoing and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Criminalization
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199571376
SKU
V9780199571376
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About Victor Tadros
Victor Tadros is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Warwick. He works in the philosophy of criminal law, just war theory, and on a range of issues in moral, legal and political philosophy. He is the author of Criminal Responsibility (OUP, 2005) and, with Antony Duff, Lindsay Farmer and Sandra Marshall, The Trial on Trial ... Read more
Reviews for Wrongs and Crimes (Criminalization)
...the book worth reading.
Arudra Burra, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi,
Wrongs and Crimes is something rare in moral philosophy and rarer still in the moral philosophy of punishment: a book whose good sense keeps pace with its seemingly limitless cleverness. Threaded through the intricate embroidery of cases are simple, powerful, and humane ... Read more
Arudra Burra, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi,
Wrongs and Crimes is something rare in moral philosophy and rarer still in the moral philosophy of punishment: a book whose good sense keeps pace with its seemingly limitless cleverness. Threaded through the intricate embroidery of cases are simple, powerful, and humane ... Read more