Criminal law, tradition, and legal order: crime and the genius of Scots law: 1747 to the present

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Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Lindsay Farmer
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997
Publication Type (Medium): History
Material: Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/criminal-law-tradition-and-legal-order-crime-and-the-genius-of-scots-law-1747-to-the-present/ (Stable identifier)

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XI, 207 pages ; 24 cm

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Criminal law, tradition, and legal order: crime and the genius of Scots law: 1747 to the present is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: Lindsay Farmer.
Publication Date: 1997
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 15 editions
First edition Date: 1996
Last edition Date: 2005
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KDC910
Dewey Code: 345.411
ISBN: 0521553202 9780521553209
OCLC: 34475382

Publisher Description:

This book examines the relationship between legal tradition and national identity to offer a critical and historical perspective on the study of criminal law. It develops a radically different approach to questions of responsibility and subjectivity, and is among the first studies to combine appreciation of the institutional and historical context in which criminal law is practised with a critical understanding of the law itself. Applying contemporary social theory to the particular case of nineteenth-century Scottish law, Lindsay Farmer is able to develop a critique of modern criminal law theory in general. He traces the development of the modern characteristics of criminal law and legal order, tracing the relationship between legal practice and national culture, and showing how contemporary criminal law theory fundamentally misrepresents the character of modern criminal justice.

Main Contents

1. The boundaries of the criminal law: criminal law, legal theory and history
2. The genius of our law: legality and the Scottish legal tradition
3. The judicial establishment: the transformation of criminal jurisdiction 1747-1908
4. The ‘well-governed realm’: crime and legal order 1747-1908
5. The perfect crime: homicide and the criminal law
6. Conclusion: crime and the genius of Scots law.

1. The boundaries of the criminal law: criminal law, legal theory and history
2. ‘The genius of our law’: legality and the Scottish legal tradition
3. The judicial establishment: the transformation of criminal jurisdiction 1747-1908
4. The well- governed realm: crime and legal order 1747-1908
5. The perfect crime: homicide and the criminal law
6. Conclusion: crime and the genius of Scots law.

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Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal law
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Criminal law, tradition, and legal order: crime and the genius of Scots law: 1747 to the present

Criminal law, tradition, and legal order: crime and the genius of Scots law: 1747 to the present