Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law

by Stuart Green and R.A. Duff

25 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199673675
• ISBN13: 9780199673674
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.8" x 9.4"