Making the modern criminal law criminalization and civil order
Farmer, Lindsay
Making the modern criminal law criminalization and civil order Lindsay Farmer. - London Oxford University Press 2016 - 1 online resource. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Offering an historical and conceptual account of criminal law, this volume provides insight into how legal concepts such as responsibility, wrongdoing, intent, and punishment emerged out of debates and sensibilities from the 18th century to the present day, and explores how the state exerts its power and secures civil order through criminal law.
9780191801945
Criminal law--History.
K5032
345.009
Making the modern criminal law criminalization and civil order Lindsay Farmer. - London Oxford University Press 2016 - 1 online resource. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Offering an historical and conceptual account of criminal law, this volume provides insight into how legal concepts such as responsibility, wrongdoing, intent, and punishment emerged out of debates and sensibilities from the 18th century to the present day, and explores how the state exerts its power and secures civil order through criminal law.
9780191801945
Criminal law--History.
K5032
345.009