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This Title Deals With Various Aspects Of Criminal Law, Including Its Relationship To A Wide Range Of Disciplines Such As Philosophy, Sociology, And Technology. It First Considers A Range Of Approaches And Methods Used In The Analysis Of Criminal Law, Including Economics, Feminist Studies, Critical Race Theory, Criminology, History, And Literature. It Then Traces The Origins Of Modern Criminal Law To Medieval Canon Law And Examines Indigenous Legal Traditions Before Discussing The Collapse Of Pre-modern Criminal Justice And The Transition To Modernity. Part I. Approaches And Methods -- 1. Criminology / Mariana Valverde And Pat O'malley -- 2. Critical Race Theory / Bennett Capers -- 3. Economic Analysis Of Criminal Law / Talia Fisher -- 4. Feminist Approaches To Criminal Law / Prabha Kotiswaran -- 5. The Transition To Modernity / James Q. Whitman -- 6. Law And Literature / Simon Stern -- 7. Philosophy / Leo Zaibert -- 8. Criminal Law And Sociology / Galia Schneebaum And Shai J. Lavi -- 9. Criminal Law And Technology In A Data-driven Society / Mireille Hildebrandt -- Part Ii. Systems And Models -- 10. Medieval Canon Law: The Origins Of Modern Criminal Law / Heikki Pihlajamäki And Mia Korpiola -- 11. Indigenous Legal Traditions: Roots To Renaissance / Val Napoleon And Hadley Friedland -- 12.islamic Criminal Law / Silvia Tellenbach -- 13. Jewish Law / Arnold Enker -- 14. Marxist And Soviet Law / Stephen C. Thaman -- 15. Military Justice / Rain Liivoja -- Part Iii. Aspects And Issues -- Section A. Foundations -- 16. Theories Of Crime And Punishment / Emmanuel Melissaris -- 17. Codification / Lindsay Farmer -- 18. Jurisdiction / Alejandro Chehtman -- 19. Constitutional Principles / Benjamin L. Berger -- Section B. Substantive Criminal Law -- (i). General Part -- 20. Acts And Actus Reus / Vincent Chiao -- 21. Causation / Carl-friedrich Stuckenberg -- 22. Subjective Elements Of Criminal Liability / Thomas Weigend -- 23. Inchoate Crimes / Michael T. Cahill -- 24. Complicity / James G. Stewart -- 25. Corporate Criminal Liability / Susanne Beck -- 26. Necessity/duress / Ulfrid Neumann -- 27. Self-defense / Victoria Nourse -- 28. The Defense Of Consent / Vera Bergelson -- 29. Insanity And Intoxication / Christoph Safferling -- (ii). Special Part -- 30. Theories Of Criminalization / Tatjana Hornle -- 31. Homicide / Guyora Binder -- 32. Offenses Against The Person / James Chalmers -- 33. Sexual Autonomy / Vanessa E. Munro -- 34. Property Offenses / Stuart P. Green -- 35. Drug Offenses / Beatrice Brunhober -- 36. Terrorism / Kent Roach -- 37. White Collar Crimes / Samuel W. Buell -- 38. Public Welfare Offenses / Darryl K. Brown -- Section C. Criminal Process -- 39. The Long Shadow Of The Adversarial And Inquisitorial Categories / Maximo Langer -- 40. Discretion / Frank Meyer -- Section D. Criminal Sanctions -- 41. Types Of Punishment / Nora V. Demleitner -- 42. Sentencing / Erik Luna -- 43. Prison Law / Dirk Van Zyl Smit -- Part Iv. Contexts And Comparisons -- Section A. Province Of Criminal Law -- 44. Paradigms Of Penal Law / Markus D. Dubber -- 45. Public And Private Law / Alon Harel -- 46. Regulatory Offenses And Administrative Sanctions: Between Criminal And Administrative Law / Daniel Ohana -- Section B. Beyond Domestic Criminal Law -- 47. Comparative Criminal Law / Luis E. Chiesa -- 48. European Criminal Law / Kimmo Nuotio -- 49. International Criminal Law / Elies Van Sliedregt. Edited By Markus D. Dubber And Tatjana Hörnle Print Published In 2014. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Text In English.