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Nicola Lacey: In Search of Criminal Responsibility: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016, 256 pp, £75.00 (Hardback), £29.99 (Paperback), ISBN: 9780199248216

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  1. Fletcher also adopted a similar methodology in Rethinking Criminal Law (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown 1978) where he argued that the criminal law is a diverse set of co-existing principles of responsibility. He used examples from a broad historical perspective and comparative canvas to identify patterns of responsibility. Fletcher adopted a more doctrinal approach, whereas Lacey has adopted a socio-historical analysis of broader causes in the institutional structure. Her premise is that legal doctrine does not exist in a social vacuum.

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  1. Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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  2. Coventry Law School, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

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Bansal, D. Nicola Lacey: In Search of Criminal Responsibility: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions. Criminal Law, Philosophy 11, 861–865 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-016-9406-5

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