Wickedness and Crime: Laws of Homicide and Malice (Electronic book text)

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. "Wickedness and Crime: Laws of Homicide and Malice" seeks to expose the ways in which criminal law communicates and sanctions particular models of wickedness.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.