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. Ed(S): Duff, R. A.; Green, Stuart - Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law - 9780199673674 - V9780199673674
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Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law

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Description for Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law Paperback. Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law gathers leading theorists to present original work on a range of foundational questions in criminal law theory. The volume provides an overview of current philosophical work on the criminal law, setting an agenda for further research and debate. Editor(s): Duff, R. A.; Green, Stuart. Series: Philosophical Foundations of Law. Num Pages: 560 pages, figures. BIC Classification: LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 174 x 246 x 31. Weight in Grams: 978.
Twenty-five leading contemporary theorists of criminal law tackle a range of foundational issues about the proper aims and structure of the criminal law in a liberal democracy. The challenges facing criminal law are many. There are crises of over-criminalization and over-imprisonment; penal policy has become so politicized that it is difficult to find any clear consensus on what aims the criminal law can properly serve; governments seeking to protect their citizens in the face of a range of perceived threats have pushed the outer limits of criminal law and blurred its boundaries. To think clearly about the future of criminal law, and its role in a liberal society, foundational questions about its proper scope, structure, and operations must be re-examined. What kinds of conduct should be criminalized? What are the principles of criminal responsibility? How should offences and defences be defined? The criminal process and the criminal trial need to be studied closely, and the purposes and modes of punishment should be scrutinized. Such a re-examination must draw on the resources of various disciplines-notably law, political and moral philosophy, criminology and history; it must examine both the inner logic of criminal law and its place in a larger legal and political structure; it must attend to the growing field of international criminal law, it must consider how the criminal law can respond to the challenges of a changing world. Topics covered in this volume include the question of criminalization and the proper scope of the criminal law; the grounds of criminal responsibility; the ways in which offences and defences should be defined; the criminal process and its values; criminal punishment; the relationship between international criminal law and domestic criminal law. Together, the essays provide a picture of the exciting state of criminal law theory today, and the basis for further research and debate in the coming years.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Foundations of Law
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199673674
SKU
V9780199673674
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About . Ed(S): Duff, R. A.; Green, Stuart
Professor Antony Duff is a tenured professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, and professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling, Scotland. Stuart P Green was educated at Yale Law School and serves as a Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School-Newark.

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