Philosophy and the Criminal Law: Principle and Critique (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law)
Cambridge University Press, 5/14/1998
EAN 9780521550444, ISBN10: 0521550440
Hardcover, 272 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Five pre-eminent legal theorists tackle a range of fundamental questions on the nature of the philosophy of criminal law. Their essays explore the extent to which and the ways in which our systems of criminal law can be seen as rational and principled. The essays discuss some of the principles by which, it is often thought, a system of law should be structured, and they ask whether our own systems are genuinely principled or riven by basic contradictions, reflecting deeper political and social conflicts. The volume as a whole shows how lively and exciting contemporary legal theory can be.
Introduction Antony Duff
1. Contingency, coherence and conceptualism
reflections on the encounter between 'critique' and 'the philosophy of the criminal law' Nicola Lacey
2. Does criminal liability require an act? Douglas Husak
3. 'Simulacra of morality?' Beyond the ideal/actual antinomies of criminal justice Alan Norrie
4. Principle and contradiction in the criminal law
motives and criminal liability Antony Duff
5. On the general part of the criminal law John Gardner.