tailieunhanh - Philosophy and the Criminal Law: Principle and Critique

Five preeminent 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 driven by basic contradictions, reflecting deeper political and social conflicts | PHILOSOPHY AND THE CRIMINAL LAW PRINCIPLE AND CRITIQUE Edited by ANTONY DUFF CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND LAW This is the first of a subseries of specially commissioned collaborative volumes on key topics at the heart of contemporary philosophy of law that will be appearing regularly within Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law. Five preeminent 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. PHILOSOPHY AND THE CRIMINAL .