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The realm of criminal law / R A Duff.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 373 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199570191
  • 9780199570195
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300
LOC classification:
  • K5015.4 .D84 2018
We are said to face a crisis of over-criminalization: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled, and over-expansive. This book proposes a theory of criminal law, as an institution that can play an important but limited role in the civil order of a political community: it shows how criminal law could be ordered, principled, and restrained.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and index.

We are said to face a crisis of over-criminalization: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled, and over-expansive. This book proposes a theory of criminal law, as an institution that can play an important but limited role in the civil order of a political community: it shows how criminal law could be ordered, principled, and restrained.

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