Criminal law in the age of the administrative state /

What is the criminal law for? One influential answer is that the criminal law vindicates pre-political rights and condemns wrongdoing. In Criminal Law in the Age of the Administrative State, Vincent Chiao offers an alternative, public law account. By starting with the political morality of public in...

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Main Author:	Chiao, Vincent (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [UK] ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Criminal law > Philosophy. Criminal justice, Administration of. Public law. Administrative law. Welfare state. Criminal procedure. Droit public. État providence. LAW > Criminal Law > General. Administrative law Criminal justice, Administration of Criminal law > Philosophy Criminal procedure Public law Welfare state Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. Electronic books.
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Summary:	What is the criminal law for? One influential answer is that the criminal law vindicates pre-political rights and condemns wrongdoing. In Criminal Law in the Age of the Administrative State, Vincent Chiao offers an alternative, public law account. By starting with the political morality of public institutions, rather than the interpersonal morality of private relationships, the public law account makes the case for regarding criminal law and criminal justice as animated by the same political virtues that gave rise to the institutions of the modern administrative and welfare state. Chiao then s.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
ISBN:	9780190273965 0190273968 9780190273958 019027395X