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Book SynopsisTwenty-five 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 their citizens in the face of a range of perceived threats have pushed the outer limits of criminal law and blurred its boundaries. To think clearly about the future of criminal law, and its role in a liberal society, foundational questions about its proper scope, structure, and operations must be re-examined. What kinds of conduct should be criminalized? What are the principles of criminal responsibility? How should offences and defences be defined? The criminal process and the criminal trial need to be studied closely, and the purposes an
Table of ContentsPART I: CRIMINAL LAW AND POLITICAL THEORY; PART II: THE SUBSTANCE OF CRIMINAL LAW; PART III: PROCESS AND PUNISHMENT; PRAT IV: ACROSS THE BORDERS AND INTO THE FUTURE
