Criminal Law and Philosophy

期刊简介：Rationale The philosophy of crime and criminal law has been undergoing a renaissance.Increasing numbers of lawyers and philosophers are researching, writing and teaching in the area. Lawyers who are exploring theoretical issues related to criminal liability and punishment find that they must turn to philosophy. Philosophers recognise the importance of the criminal law as a focus for both analytical and normative inquiry. The practical importance of the subject is also obvious, especially at a time when western governments are having to reconsider their rationales for criminalization and sentencing in the light of substantial changes in criminal justice systems and their social contexts. Until recently, there was no journal solely devoted to the philosophy of crime and criminal law. Criminal Law and Philosophy fills this gap, and provides a platform for the high quality work that is being done in this area. High quality content; specific and inclusive in scope Criminal Law and Philosophy aims to publish high quality articles that take a philosophical perspective on any issues in the broad field of crime and punishment. The main areas and topics include: crime and criminalization; the content, principles and structure of substantive criminal law; criminal justice and the criminal process; punishment and sentencing. The journal is inclusive in its scope: it publishes articles with a historical focus on earlier philosophical discussions of crime and punishment, as well as articles with a more contemporary focus. It seeks contributions from a range of philosophical schools and approaches, in particular both from analytically oriented philosophers and from those who draw more on contemporary continental philoshophy. Readership Criminal Law and Philosophy is becoming essential reading for academics in philoso phy, in law and in criminology who take a philosophically informed critical, analytical or normative approach to the criminal law and criminal justice. It is also an important resource for students in those subjects, and for practitioners with an interest in philosophical approaches to their practice. Through this journal, readers can access the latest thinking by the best scholars in the philosophy of crime and punishment. Editorial Board The editors, editorial board and advisors constitute an impressive, international group of leading scholars working in the philosophy of crime and punishment. They represent a variety of systems of criminal law, including systems that cross national boundaries.

【译文】犯罪和刑法哲学正在经历一场复兴。越来越多的律师和哲学家在这一领域进行研究、写作和教学。探索与刑事责任和刑罚相关的理论问题的律师发现，他们必须转向哲学。哲学家认识到刑法作为分析和规范性探究焦点的意义。这一主题的实践重要性也是显而易见的，尤其是在西方国家政府不得不在刑事司法系统及其社会环境发生重大变化的情况下重新考虑其犯罪化和刑罚理由的时候。直到最近，还没有一本专门致力于犯罪和刑法哲学的期刊。刑法与哲学填补了这一空白，并为这一领域的高质量工作提供了一个平台。高质量的内容；范围具体且包容性广。刑法与哲学旨在发表从哲学角度对犯罪和惩罚广泛领域中的任何问题进行探讨的高质量文章。主要领域和主题包括：犯罪和犯罪化；实体刑法的内涵、原则和结构；刑事司法和刑事程序；刑罚和刑罚。该期刊在范围上具有包容性：它发表关注早期犯罪和惩罚哲学讨论的历史性文章，以及关注更当代问题的文章。它寻求来自各种哲学学派和方法的贡献，特别是来自分析性哲学家的贡献，以及更多借鉴当代大陆哲学的人。