Criminal Law, Criminal Responsibility, Research on Criminal Policy (from the perspectives of philosophy, sociology, and legal culture)

Author: Qi Wenyuan, Zhou Xiang
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is a treatise on criminal law. It is divided into three parts – "Criminal Law," "Criminal Responsibility," and "Criminal Policy" – offering insightful and profound analyses and discussions on multiple contentious and unresolved focal issues in the field of criminal law from perspectives such as philosophy, sociology, and legal culture. In the "Criminal Law" section, the authors elaborate on their academic viewpoints on issues such as "criminal integration," "the principle of unity of subjective and objective elements," "the relationship between social harm and criminal illegality," and "basic principles of criminal interpretation," combining recent highly influential criminal cases. In the "Criminal Responsibility" section, they present and argue their points on "basic issues of criminal responsibility," "the death penalty," and "fines." In the "Criminal Policy" section, the authors' perspectives on issues such as "zero-tolerance" (yanda) and "marital rape" are refreshing and innovative.