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CRIMES, HARMS, AND WRONGS
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINALISATION |
| By: |
A P Simester, Andreas von Hirsch |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847317774 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847317773 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
24 June, 2011 |
| Description: |
Crimes, Harms and Wrongs is a philosophical analysis of the nature, significance and ethical limits of criminalisation. |
| Synopsis: |
When should we make use of the criminal law? Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs offers a philosophical analysis of the nature and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope of harm-based prohibitions, proscriptions of offensive behaviour, and `paternalistic' prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm, developing guiding principles for these various grounds of state prohibition. Both authors have written extensively in the field. They have produced an integrated, accessible, philosophically-sophisticated account that will be of great interest to legal academics, philosophers, and advanced students alike. `this elegant, closely argued and convincing book is of great value and can be expected to be of lasting influence.' James Chalmers `Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs . . . is a welcome addition to this field, and should clarify the reader's thinking on a breathtakingly broad range of issues. . . . This is an important book, and [its] consideration of not only Anglo-American theory and law, but also German legal doctrines and writings on criminalisation, should ensure that this debate reaches new heights in the future.' Findlay Stark `the result of [the authors'] many decades of thought and writing on this fundamental subject is an integrated, accessible, philosophically sophisticated discussion of this subject.' Justice Gilles Renaud `A.P. Simester and Andreas von Hirsch present an informed and systematic account of the principles that, in their view, should structure decisions about what to criminalize, and when.' Vincent Chiao `an outstanding work, original in many respects and meticulous in its arguments. It represents the greatest advance on this subject since Feinberg's four volumes . . . an outstanding contribution to the re-invigorated criminalization debate.' Andrew Ashworth `important, original, interesting, and often ingenious. Unlike some recent competitive books it has the virtue of making sound arguments. And like everything else the authors have written, it is a joy to read ...This is an absolutely wonderful book.' Douglas Husak |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Hart Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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