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Making the modern criminal law : criminalization and civil order / Lindsay Farmer.
By: Farmer, Lindsay [author.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191801945.Subject(s): Criminal law -- History | Law | Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of lawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199568642DDC classification: 345.009 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.
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