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Mod Crim L Rev 1:1 (2024): Reconstructing Criminal Law Revisited

In this Special Issue (guest edited by Nicola Lacey, LSE), a diverse range of authors confront questions about whether, and how, we can reconstruct criminal law (as well as its […]

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Reconstructing Criminal Law Revisited (Nicola Lacey)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue Reconstructing Criminal Law Revisited Nicola Lacey* Progressive legal scholarship in recent decades has […]

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What Does It Mean to Reconstruct Criminal Law? Reading Mannheim’s Criminal Justice and Social Reconstruction (1946) (Lindsay Farmer)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue What Does It Mean to Reconstruct Criminal Law? Reading Mannheim’s Criminal Justice and […]

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Hyper-Knowledge and the Legitimation of Criminal Law (Arlie Loughnan)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue Hyper-Knowledge and the Legitimation of Criminal Law Arlie Loughnan* Knowledge conditions are central […]

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2024 article feature Special Issue: Reconstructing

A Respect Standard for Sentencing (Gabrielle Watson)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue A Respect Standard for Sentencing Gabrielle Watson* I. Introduction Respect has untapped potential […]

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Excusing Unjustified Punishment: On Doing Criminal Justice in Unjust Societies (Rocío Lorca)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue Excusing Unjustified Punishment: On Doing Criminal Justice in Unjust Societies Rocío Lorca* Struck […]

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2024 article feature Special Issue: Reconstructing

Re-Constructing Criminal Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Argentina 1990-2024 (Alejandro Chehtman)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue Re-Constructing Criminal Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Argentina 1990-2024 Alejandro Chehtman* I. Introduction […]

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2024 article feature Special Issue: Reconstructing

Citizens, State Fallibilities, and Responsibility in Criminal Law (Marie Manikis)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue Citizens, State Fallibilities, and Responsibility in Criminal Law Marie Manikis* I. Introduction Criminal […]

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Should We Abolish Hate Crime Law or Is There a Case for Its Reconstruction? (Roxana Willis)

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Finding Common Ground: Reconstructing Criminology with Epistemic Justice (Meredith Rossner, Elfie Shiosaki & Helen Taylor)

➡︎ download | save | print➡︎ read the rest of this Modern Criminal Law Review Special Issue Finding Common Ground: Reconstructing Criminology with Epistemic Justice Meredith Rossner, Elfie Shiosaki & […]

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Lawfare in Comparative Context: An MCLR+ Forum

For some time, the term “lawfare” has spread throughout the domestic political-legal discourse, jurisprudence, and scholarship of countries and political systems in Latin America, notably–but by no means exclusively–Brazil and […]

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Indicators of Lawfare: Assessing the Criminalization of Progressive Politics in Latin America (Valeria Vegh Weis)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Lawfare”) Indicators of Lawfare: Assessing the Criminalization of Progressive Politics in Latin America Valeria Vegh Weis* 1. Introduction In countries such […]

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In Defense of Lawfare (Rocío Lorca)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Lawfare”) In Defense of Lawfare Rocío Lorca* The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.William Shakespeare, Henry VI, pt. […]

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Lawfare as a Bridge Between Socio-Legal Theory and Practice (Mark Friis Hau)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Lawfare”) Lawfare as a Bridge Between Socio-Legal Theory and Practice Mark Friis Hau* These are political operatives that I’m dealing with […]

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Lawfare or the Politicization of the Criminal Justice System: The Case of Spain (Manuel Cancio Meliá)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Lawfare”) Lawfare or the Politicization of the Criminal Justice System: The Case of Spain Manuel Cancio Meliá* I. Introduction In Spain, […]

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Lawfare and the Indian Legal System (Gautam Bhatia)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Lawfare”) Lawfare and the Indian Legal System Gautam Bhatia* Lawfare is commonly understood to refer to the use (or abuse)—that is, […]

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Nordic Criminal Law as a Normative Project: A Book Forum

Nordic criminal law is often thought of as a distinctive tradition and mode of thinking about and making criminal law. But what are we talking about when we are talking […]

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Aided by a Friendly Guide: Normativity as a Challenge for Nordic Criminal Law Science (Jørn Jacobsen)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Nordic Criminal Law”) Aided by a Friendly Guide: Normativity as a Challenge for Nordic Criminal Law Science Jørn Jacobsen* Introduction While […]

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Nordic Criminal Law: Philosophy, History, and Comparison (Heikki Pihlajamäki)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Nordic Criminal Law”) Nordic Criminal Law: Philosophy, History, and Comparison Heikki Pihlajamäki* As a serious monograph on Nordic legal history, Jørn […]

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The End of Pragmatism: On Jacobsen’s Kantian Reading of Nordic Criminal Law (Kimmo Nuotio)

➡︎ read the rest of this Forum➡︎ Supplementary Materials (“Nordic Criminal Law”) The End of Pragmatism: On Jacobsen’s Kantian Reading of Nordic Criminal Law Kimmo Nuotio* When starting to read […]