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John Gardner is the
Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of
Oxford,
and occasional Visiting Professor at Yale Law School
Thugs
and thugmasters in uniform (and some not in uniform
when they should be, and some concealing their ID numbers when
in uniform). A totally
shameful reflection on the state of the police and the rule
of law in Britain. Here are two contrasting, but equally tragic, reactions.
First, the Mayor of London denied that public confidence in the Met has been damaged.
Maybe there wasn't much confidence left to lose after the killing of
Jean Charles de Menezes? Meanwhile, Sir Ken Jones, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, blames
the critics: 'We have seen a lack of perspective and a lack of objectivity
... and, as a result of that [yes, he really did say 'as a result
of that'] the [police's] reputation has been
affected.' Which bit of video does Sir Ken thinks lacks perspective
and objectivity? Could it be the bit where they attack a guy
who is walking away from them with his hands in his
pockets? Or the bit where they threaten to arrest the press
photgraphers unless they bugger off for half an hour? Or the
bit with the yobs in baseball caps carrying truncheons?
Or ...
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Get
my book Offences
and Defences: Selected Essays in the Philosophy
of Criminal Law (Oxford: OUP 2007)
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'Criminal theory has taken a giant
step forward with the publication of Offences
and Defences. This magnificent collection demonstrates
what can happen when an outstanding philosopher
turns his attention to the criminal law. For better
and for worse, criminal theory has been dominated
by legal theorists who are sympathetic to philosophical
methodologies but lack
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Gardner’s philosophical sophistication
and expertise. A finer collection of essays in criminal
law has not appeared since H.L.A. Hart’s Punishment
and Responsibility.' - Douglas Husak in The Oxford
Journal of Legal Studies 29 (2009), 169 at 187.
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So now
get the second edition of H.L.A.
Hart's Punishment
and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy
of Law (Oxford: OUP 2008), to which I have
contributed a new critical introduction
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'Punishment and Responsibility is still regarded as one of the cornerstones
of both penal philosophy and the burgeoning field of criminal law theory in
Britain, Australia, Israel and North America. Its idea of criminal
responsibility ... is the inspiration for or counterpoint to almost all serious
scholarship in English in the field published over the last 35 years.' -
Nicola Lacey, A Life of H.L.A. Hart (Oxford: OUP 2004)
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The jacket photographs
for both books are by Gail Thorson.
Read Tony Honoré's introductory remarks
from the OUP launch party for the two books, which took place on
19 March 2008.
And read my memoir of Tony which was
written as part of a celebration, on 9 May 2008, of his 60 years
of teaching in Oxford.
Should the consequences of the
crime affect the punishment? Here's what I said at the
Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group on 4 June 2008 (3 episodes
of about 7 minutes each). Or you can watch the whole proceedings
on the
JDG website.
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