Criminalising Harmful Conduct
Subtitle: The Harm Principle, its Limits and Continental Counterparts
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780387464039
Description: This book addresses the issue of legitimate criminalisation in a modern liberal society. The book explores a model structure of criminalisation, the central element of which is the Anglo-American principle called the 'harm principle'. This is elaborated upon, its main elements (particularly 'harm') and functions analysed, and some controversial open questions tackled.