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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Crimes Harms and Wrongs: On the Principles of Criminalisation 2011 by Professor A P Simester Andreas von Hirsch
When should we make use of the criminal law? Crimes Harms and Wrongs offers a philosophical analysis of the nature and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope of harm-based prohibitions proscriptions of offensive behaviour and paternalistic prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm developing guiding principles for these various grounds of state prohibition. Both authors have written extensively in the field. They have produced an integrated accessible philosophically-sophisticated account that will be of great interest to legal academics philosophers and advanced students alike.this elegant closely argued and convincing book is of great value and can be expected to be of lasting influence. James ChalmersCrimes Harms and Wrongs . . . is a welcome addition to this field and should clarify the readers thinking on a breathtakingly broad range of issues. . . . This is an important book and [its] consideration of not only Anglo-American theory and law but also German legal doctrines and writings on criminalisation should ensure that this debate reaches new heights in the future. Findlay Starkthe result of [the authors] many decades of thought and writing on this fundamental subject is an integrated accessible philosophically sophisticated discussion of this subject. Justice Gilles RenaudA.P. Simester and Andreas von Hirsch present an informed and systematic account of the principles that in their view should structure decisions about what to criminalize and when. Vincent Chiaoan outstanding work original in many respects and meticulous in its arguments. It represents the greatest advance on this subject since Feinbergs four volumes . . . an outstanding contribution to the re-invigorated criminalization debate. Andrew Ashworthimportant original interesting and often ingenious. Unlike some recent competitive books it has the virtue of making sound arguments. And like everything else the authors have written it is a joy to read .This is an absolutely wonderful book. Douglas Husakshow more