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Edited by Chad Flanders,Zachary Hoskins

New Philosophy of Criminal Law

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There is no more vivid example of a state's power over its citizens than the criminal law. By criminalizing various behaviours, the state sets boundaries on what we can and cannot do. And the criminal law is in many ways unique in the harshness of its sanctions. But traditional criminal law theory has for too long focussed on the questions, ';what is a crime?' and ';what is the justification of punishment?' The significance of the criminal law extends beyond these questions; indeed, critical philosophical questions underlie all aspects of the criminal justice system. The criminal law engages us not just as offenders or potential offenders, but also as victims, suspects, judges and jurors, prosecutors and defendersand as citizens. The authors in this volume go beyond traditional questions to challenge our conventional understandings of the criminal law. In doing so, they draw from a number of disciplines including philosophy, history, and social science.
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    these concerns). At any rate, something like this may be at the bottom of many worries about overcriminalization—and it has to do not, or not only, with the fact that there are many unjust laws but with the fact that there simply may be too many laws.
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    This might seem to be an exaggeration, but it is less so for some groups of people than for others (indeed, the racial disparities throughout the criminal justice system only exacerbate
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    More laws give prosecutors more leeway in threatening charges—and so a stronger hand in plea bargaining negotiations
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