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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Criminal Law and the Authority of the State by Edited by Antje Du Bois-Pedain Edited by Professor Magnus Ulvang Edited by Professor Petter Asp
How does the state as a public authority relate to those under its jurisdiction through the criminal law? Connecting the ways in which criminal lawyers legal theorists public lawyers and criminologists address questions of the criminal laws legitimacy contributors to this collection explore issues such as criminal law-making and jurisdiction; the political-ethical underpinnings of legitimate criminal law enforcement; the offence of treason; the importance of doctrinal guidance in the application of criminal law; the interface between tort and crime; and the purposes and mechanisms of state punishment. Overall the collection aims to enhance and deepen our understanding of criminal law by conceiving of the practices of criminal justice as explicitly and distinctly embedded in the project of liberal self-governance.show more