Wickedness and Crime

<p>The criminal legal system defines and authoritatively enacts the boundaries of permissible and impermissible behaviour with a focus on that which is prohibited or transgressive. <i>Wickedness and Crime: Laws of Homicide and Malice</i> seeks to expose the ways in which criminal law communicates and sanctions particular models of wickedness.</p> <p>A fascinating contribution to the study of law this book will interest criminal legal scholars who seek a deeper understanding of the complexity of the relationship between law and morality as well as providing a resource for legal theorists and philosophers of wickedness.</p>