This is an introduction to some of the more advanced writing on criminal law for a reader with a reasonable grasp of the basic legal principles, illuminated throughout with discussion of the specific issues which reveal the practical significance of different theoretical positio…
Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society: Legal Problems, Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them. Rather than focusing primarily on definitional questions or the longsta…
"This book explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them"-- "Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence…
"This book explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them"-- "Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's need for and dependence…
Eriksson (Orebro U., Sweden) seeks to systematize the regulations concerning the prohibition on rape, and its definition in public international law, comparing the areas of international human rights law, international criminal law, and international humanitarian law and focusin…
by Card, Richard, Jones, Philip Asterley, Cross, Alfred Rupert Neale,, Sir
by Card, Richard, Cross, Rupert, Jones, Philip Asterley
This volume gathers leading theorists to present original work on a range of foundational questions in criminal law theory. It provides an overview of current philosophical work on the criminal law, setting an agenda for further research and debate.
"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-impr…
