Criminal Law, Tradition and Legal Order: Crime and the Genius of Scots Law, 1747 to the Present

by Lindsay Farmer

Book Overview

This book examines the relationship between legal tradition and national identity to offer a critical and historical perspective on the study of criminal law. It develops a radically different approach to questions of responsibility and subjectivity, and was among the first studies to combine appreciation of the institutional and historical context in which criminal law is practised with a critical understanding of the law itself. Applying contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521023831
• ISBN13: 9780521023832
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"