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Duff RA (2020) Criminal Law. In: Tasioulas J (ed.) Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Law. Cambridge Companions to Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 313-330. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/jurisprudence/cambridge-companion-philosophy-law?format=HB
Abstract
First paragraph: Philosophical (as distinct from sociological or historical) theories of criminal law display both analytical and normative dimensions. Analytically, they investigate the defining features of criminal law, as a distinctive kind of law. Normatively, they examine the proper structure and aims of criminal law: what principles should govern it? Towards what goals should it be oriented? Why should we maintain a system of criminal law?
| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Title of series | Cambridge Companions to Law |
| Publication date | 31/12/2020 |
| Publication date online | 31/07/2020 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/31852 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher URL | https://www.cambridge.org/…hy-law?format=HB |
| Place of publication | Cambridge |
| ISBN | 9781107087965 |
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Emeritus Professor, Philosophy