"When should we make use of the criminal law? Suppose that a responsible legislature seeks to enact a morally justifiable range of criminal prohibitions. What criteria should it apply when deciding whether to proscribe conduct? Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs is a philosophical analys…
"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…
"This book celebrates Andreas (Andrew) von Hirsch's pioneering contributions to liberal criminal theory. He is particularly noted for reinvigorating desert-based theories of punishment, for his development of principled normative constraints on the enactment of criminal laws, an…
"Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. Punishment is, however, a richer phenomenon and it occurs in many contexts. This book contains a general account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competi…
Advancing criminology and criminal justice policy
Advancing criminology and criminal justice policy
"The development of an international human rights jurisprudence on criminalization is in its relative infancy. Nonetheless, systematic examination of international decisions on acts engaging the criminal law reveals an emerging human rights approach to the acceptability, or not,…
Über mehrere Jahre hat Geoffroy de Lagasnerie den Verhandlungen in einem Pariser Gericht beigewohnt. Er beobachtete, wie Menschen wegen Raub, Mord, Vergewaltigung oder Körperverletzung angeklagt und verurteilt wurden. Ausgehend von dieser eindringlichen Erfahrung, setzt er zu ei…
Legal violence and the limits of the law
"What is the meaning of punishment today? Where is the limit that separates it from the cruel and unusual? In legal discourse, the distinction between punishment and vengeance--punishment being the measured use of legally sanctioned violence and vengeance being a use of violence…
Legal violence and the limits of the law
"What is the meaning of punishment today? Where is the limit that separates it from the cruel and unusual? In legal discourse, the distinction between punishment and vengeance--punishment being the measured use of legally sanctioned violence and vengeance being a use of violence…
