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This text offers the definitive examination of criminal law in context. Exploring the philosophical, social and political environment in which it operates, it gives the student the most complete picture available. With relevant case law and material integrated throughout, it is simply essential reading for students of criminal law.

Drawing upon legal history, legal theory, and legal sociology, this book presents an intellectual history of the US legal culture which elaborates on the various developments that have led to and structure the present worrisome legal-political situation.