Description: This book examines responsibility in criminal law across categorization, frameworks for understanding criminal responsibility and the relationships between them, women in criminal law, the history of criminal law, blameworthiness and ascriptions of responsibility, moral responsibility, the role of politics and political economy.
Review Quotes: "With extensive footnotes, a thorough bibliography, and a complete list of Lacey's contributions, this slim volume is tightly woven with engaging, relevant, and thought-provoking scholarship. A worthy addition to academic collections as well as appellate court libraries, this title will be enjoyed by those who wish to examine criminal responsibility and justice under a cross-disciplinary and comparative lens." -- Laurie Crocker, Skyline Asset Management Inc., Canadian Law Library Review