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   Why is criminal law distinctive?

   • Any theory of criminal law must explain why criminal law is distinctive—why it is a body of law worthy of separate attention. This entry begins by identifying features of criminal law that make this so (§1). It then asks what functions that body of law fulfills (§2), and what justifies its creation and continued existence (§3).

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   What is criminal law?

   • Criminal law is one of those institutions, like markets and elections, that many societies have developed and retained, and that are now seen as basic requisites of a decent modern society. An understanding of criminal law should begin with a description of the institution, and an acknowledgment of why it is seen as a practical necessity.

   What is Criminal Law? | Criminal Law | Oxford Academic

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   What is legal ethics?

   • Legal ethics is the applied philosophy of lawyering; it goes to the heart of what it means to be a lawyer and how to attempt to mediate between the conflicting duties that members of the profession owe. Despite this cri de coeur, legal ethics remains a woefully ignored subject in Canada.

   ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM AND THE CRIMINAL LAW

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   What are the characteristics of criminal law?

   • The Limits of Criminal Law 5. Criminal Responsibility 6. Criminal Procedure and Evidence 1. Features of Criminal Law The life of the criminal law begins with criminalization. To criminalize an act-type—call it \ (\phi\)ing—is to make it a crime to commit tokens of that type.

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2. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentCriminal Justice Ethics - Criminology - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Nov 30, 2015 · More broadly, however, criminal justice ethics may encompass ethical problems that arise in connection with the foundations of the criminal justice system, the moral limits of criminal law, ethical problems that emerge in reflections on the nature and origins of criminality, as well as more general ethical problems that have important ...

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3. plato.stanford.edu › entries › criminal-lawTheories of Criminal Law - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Aug 6, 2018 · Any theory of criminal law must explain why criminal law is distinctive—why it is a body of law worthy of separate attention. This entry begins by identifying features of criminal law that make this so (§1). It then asks what functions that body of law fulfills (§2), and what justifies its creation and continued existence (§3).

4. www.law.utoronto.ca › utfl_file › countETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM AND THE CRIMINAL LAW

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   Over the course of their careers, many lawyers can and do successfully avoid some of the core subjects of the LL.B curriculum such as torts, property, constitutional law, and criminal law. Yet, questions of legal ethics or issues of professional responsibility are unavoidable.

5. www.cambridge.org › core › elementsThe Moral Prerequisites of the Criminal Law

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   This Element argues that there are a range of promising arguments for reconciling mala prohibita offences with the wrongness constraint on criminalisation. Thus, it seeks to shed light on the aims of the criminal law and the moral prerequisites for legitimate criminalisation.

6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleEthical legitimacy of criminal law - ScienceDirect

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   Jun 1, 2018 · The paper argues that the model of ethical legitimacy of criminal law should be welcomed. Two types of legitimacy may be recognized - primary and secondary. Primary legitimacy derives its validity from its coherence with ethical principles of responsibility, thus together shaping a message about what is right and wrong.

   • Author: Krzysztof Szczucki

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7. scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu › cgi › viewMorals and the Criminal Law - Northwestern University

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   MORALS AND CRIMINAL LAW. punish such offenses as murder, rape, and robbery perpetuated in the crim-inal code, but a host of new laws spring up which seek to define new areas of behavior where conduct is impinging on the values held by the group in dominant political authority.

8. academic.oup.com › book › 1597What is Criminal Law? | Criminal Law - Oxford Academic

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   This chapter introduces our subject by offering an analysis of criminal law as an institution of government with a distinctive combination of features. This is not the usual way to proceed. It is common to introduce criminal law by discussing moral theories of when and why we should punish.