Saturday, May 26, 2007

Fletcher: Grammar of Criminal Law

George P. Fletcher (Columbia - Law) has published The Grammar of Criminal Law: American, Comparative, and International, Volume One: Foundations (Oxford Univ. Press 2007). Here's the abstract:
The Grammar of Criminal Law is a 3-volume work that addresses the field of international and comparative criminal law, with its primary focus on the issues of international concern, ranging from genocide, to domestic efforts to combat terrorism, to torture, and to other international crimes. The first volume is devoted to foundational issues. The Grammar of Criminal Law is unique in its systematic emphasis on the relationship between language and legal theory; there is no comparable comparative study of legal language.