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The realm of criminal law / R.A. Duff.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191859595
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 345.001 23
LOC classification:
  • K5018
Online resources: We are said to face a crisis of over-criminalisation: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled, and over-expansive. This text 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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This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

We are said to face a crisis of over-criminalisation: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled, and over-expansive. This text 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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