Criminal Law, Tradition and Legal Order - Crime and the Genius of Scots Law, 1747 to the Present

Zusammenfassung A critical analysis of the criminal law based on an examination of the relationships between criminal law! history and national identity. Drawing on original research into the development of criminal justice in Scotland! this is the first full-length critical treatment of modern criminal law theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsay Farmer, Lindsay (Birkbeck College Farmer, Farmer Lindsay, Farmer Lindsay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023832
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02383-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Legal History, Scotland, Criminal law & procedure, Legal History, Criminal law: procedure and offences