Overview

The state’s use of the threat, and imposition, of punishments to regulate conduct is thought (or at least said) by many to be legitimised by the idea that the criminal law’s burdens only fall on those who are blameworthy for their conduct. However, the formal concept of ‘blameworthiness’ needs to be made substantive. This puts various ideas regarding the criminal law’s person at the heart of debates about blame, guilt, and responsibility. How is the criminal law’s person constructed, by whom, and with what disciplinary norms? How is it threatened by new ‘knowledge’, and how do those threats play out amongst the various stakeholders who claim the criminal law’s person as ‘theirs’? To address these and cognate questions, this volume brings together an international group of academics to engage with the criminal law’s person from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Full Product Details

9781509956449

Table of Contents

Reviews

"""A fascinating book of individually excellent criminal law theory essays which collectively amount to something even greater than their sum."" --David Prendergast, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice"

A fascinating book of individually excellent criminal law theory essays which collectively amount to something even greater than their sum. -- David Prendergast * The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice *

Author Information

Claes Lernestedt is Professor of Criminal Law at Stockholm University. Matt Matravers is Director of the Morrell Centre for Toleration at the University of York.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available