Lawyers, legislators, and theorists: developments in English criminal jurisprudence 1800-1957

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Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): K. J. M. Smith
Biografical Information: Keith Smith is a Professor of Law at the Cardiff Law School, The University of Wales
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998
Publication Type (Medium): History
Material: Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
Series title: Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/lawyers-legislators-and-theorists-developments-in-english-criminal-jurisprudence-1800-1957/ (Stable identifier)

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XXVI, 394 pages ; 24 cm.

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Lawyers, legislators, and theorists: developments in English criminal jurisprudence 1800-1957 is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Publishers: Clarendon Press – Oxford University Press
Responsable Person: K.J.M. Smith.
Publication Date: 1998
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 10 editions
First edition Date: 1998
Last edition Date: 1998
General Notes: Series statement on jacket.
Languages: British English, Spanish
Library of Congress Code: KD7850
Dewey Code: 345.42009
ISBN: 0198257236 9780198257233
OCLC: 39069542

Publisher Description:

This book describes in detail the development of the main principles of substantive criminal law during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Main Contents

SECTION I: 1800-1832 ; SECTION II: 1833-1907 ; SECTION III: 1908-1957

Summary Note

This book describes in detail the development of the main principles of substantive criminal law during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines the forces which shaped criminal jurisprudence throughout the course of this period, paying particular attention to the activities of legislators and reformers, to parallel developments in the study of punishment and human psychology, to general social and political changes and to the growth of anorganised police force and its reliance upon formal rules of procedure and evidence. ”’

1. Introductory Observations: Objectives and Limitations
Section I: 1800-1832
2. Legal Theory and Legal Culture
3. Developments in Criminal Theory 1800-1832
Section II: 1833-1907
4. Notions of Subjective Criminal Fault
5. Objective and Constructive Criminal Fault
6. Excluding the Presumption of Fault: Strict and Vicarious Responsibility – 19th Century Developments
7. Moral Agency: The Necessary Characteristics of the Criminal Actor 1833-1907
8. Attempt: Contracting Consequentialism – Expanding the Notion of Criminal Harm? 1833-1907
Section III: 1908-1957
9. Criminal Fault 1908-1957
10. Moral Agency: the Necessary Characteristics of the Criminal Actor 1908-1957
11. Attempt: Contracting Consequentialism – Expanding the Notion of Criminal Harm? 1908-1957
12. Summary Observations and Speculations: General and Particular
Bibliography
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Lawyers, legislators, and theorists: developments in English criminal jurisprudence 1800-1957

Lawyers, legislators, and theorists: developments in English criminal jurisprudence 1800-1957