Christianity and Criminal Law (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hill Qc, Mark; Witte Jr., John; Helmholz, Rh; Doe, Norman

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection, by leading legal scholars, presents historical, theological, philosophical, and legal perspectives on Christianity and Criminal Law.

The book will be an invaluable resource for students and academics working in the areas of Law and Religion, Legal Philosophy and Theology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000071559
• Artikelnr.: 59539147

Autorenporträt

Mark Hill QC practises from Chambers in the Inner Temple, London, and is Associate Professor at Cardiff University, UK; the University of Pretoria, South Africa; King's College London, UK; and Notre Dame University Law School, Sydney, Australia. Norman Doe is Professor of Law at Cardiff University, UK, and Director of its Centre for Law and Religion. RH Helmholz is the Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, USA. John Witte, Jr. is Woodruff University Professor of Law, McDonald Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface - Lord Judge
1. Introduction
Mark Hill QC
Historical Contributions of Christianity to Criminal Law
2. Criminal Law in the Old Testament: Homicide, the Problem of Mens Rea
, and God
Brent A. Strawn
3. Conflicting Criminal Jurisdictions in Early Christianity
Markus Bockmuehl
4. Crime and the Canon Law
R. H. Helmholz
5. Retaliation: Christian Reasons for Punishment: An overview
Mathias Schmoeckel
6. Christianity and the Liberal Enlightenment Reforms of Criminal Law
Heikki Pihlajamäki
Christianity and the Principles of Criminal Law
7. The Nature of Sin and Crime: Spiritual and Civil Jurisdictions
Compared
Norman Doe
8. Christianity, Mens Rea and the Boundaries of Criminal Liability
David McIlroy
9. Christianity, Human Dignity and Due Process
Peter Collier QC
Christianity and Criminal Offences
10. Christianity and Crimes Against the State
Nathan S. Chapman
11. Christianity and Offences Against the Person David Etherington QC
12. Law Like Love Like Language: The Christian Uses of Property Crime
John F. Stinneford
13. Crimes against God and the Church
Jeroen Temperman
14. Sex Crimes and Christianity
John Witte, Jr.
15. Attempts, Complicity, Virtue and the Limits of the Law
Richard W. Garnett
Christianity and the Enforcement of Criminal Law
16. Defences: Justification, Excuse and Provocation
Chloë Kennedy
17. Punishment, Forgiveness, and Mercy
Jeffrie Murphy
18. Justice, Mercy and Equality in Discretionary Criminal Justice
Decision-making
Albert W. Alschuler
19. Parole, Risk Assessment of Offenders and Christianity
Sir John Saunders
20. Judicial Punishment in Transitional Justice: A Christian Restorative
Approach
Daniel Philpott
21. The Weight of Judgment
Nathan S. Chapman