Books in the The International Library of Essays on Criminal Law series

The articles and essays reproduced in this volume explore the 'theoretical foundations' of 'criminal trial procedure'. This is a precise, but also fundamentally question-begging, description of the book's scope and ambitions. Viewed in isolation, each of the components of its title might be regarded as conceptually problematic.

The articles and essays reprinted in this volume explore many of the most significant and pressing questions, issues, opportunities and challenges presented by forensic science and other expert evidence for contemporary criminal adjudication. The focus is mainly on scientific proof in criminal trials and the criminal trial.

This volume contributes to the codification debate by bringing together research articles which compare and contrast the experience of countries which have a criminal code with those operating a case law system. Whereas wholesale codification is a much more accepted phenomenon in the continental law traditions.

This volume offers a selection of significant and influential research articles from the contemporary philosophical debate over the fundamental concepts and structures of Anglo-American criminal law. The articles consider the moral legitimacy of punishment, excuse and justification defenses and the conundrums of attempt liability.