TY - BOOK ID - 187210 TI - Philosophy and the criminal law : principle and critique PY - 1998 SN - 0521550440 0511527373 9780521550444 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Criminal law. Criminal procedure KW - Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law KW - Criminal law KW - Droit pénal KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophie KW - -Crime KW - Crimes and misdemeanors KW - Criminals KW - Law, Criminal KW - Penal codes KW - Penal law KW - Pleas of the crown KW - Public law KW - Crime KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Criminal procedure KW - Law and legislation KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Philosophy. KW - -Philosophy KW - Droit pénal KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Criminal law - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:187210 AB - Five pre-eminent legal theorists tackle a range of fundamental questions on the nature of the philosophy of criminal law. Their essays explore the extent to which and the ways in which our systems of criminal law can be seen as rational and principled. The essays discuss some of the principles by which, it is often thought, a system of law should be structured, and they ask whether our own systems are genuinely principled or riven by basic contradictions, reflecting deeper political and social conflicts. The volume as a whole shows how lively and exciting contemporary legal theory can be. ER -