A reminder about this fantastic seminar coming up in a couple of weeks. See you there!

In our next post, this Friday, Levin Güver counters suggestions that some deviations b/w criminal law and morality are ok. He says (a) factors favouring supra-moral criminalisation can be overstated; and (b) we can regret even all-things-considered justified. Look out for that!

🚨 CFA for The Collective's Work-in-Progress Seminar We are inviting abstracts (max. 500 words) via this webform: forms.gle/hFFpCXfaVGorLe…. The closing date for this round is Friday the 29th of November 2024, 5pm (EST), with invitations being extended soon thereafter.

With apologies for the delay in this notification, this post by Levin Güver is now live! Here's the direct link: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/cri… Comments and questions welcome!

In our next post, this Friday, Mark Dsouza (he/him) argues against recent suggestions that the criminal law should consider treating AI entities as autonomous agents, capable of being criminal defendants in their own rights. Look out for that!

Here is Mark Dsouza (he/him)'s post on why AI entities can never be treated as responsible agents anything that is recognisably a system of criminal laws. …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/why… Comments/reactions welcome!

Here's our very own Mark Dsouza (he/him) on why we should not be tempted into thinking that an AI can be addressed as a criminal defendant.

In our next post, coming Friday, Valerij Zisman (of MPI-CSL, Freiburg) discusses the use of empirical research in human psychology on punishment theory. He say that it can be a very important yardstick to assess ethical and legal theories, but we must use it more carefully. Watch for that!

Valerij Zisman's post on Empirical Research into the Psychology of Punishment is now live on our blog, Check it out at shorturl.at/jFS5B. Comments and questions welcome!

In our next post, Alex Sarch argues that, to a limited extent, the criminal law can fairly take D’s actions to manifest traits or attitudes even when we know that D does not actually possess them! Under what conditions? Find out this Friday on …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com!

And here it is: Alex Sarch's post on whether actions can manifest traits or attitudes that are not actually present: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/can… Enjoy!

This Friday, Adam Kolber argues: in our current non-ideal world, carceral punishment is better addressed through pure consequentialism (i.e. denying the value of deserved punishment) than standard retributivism (where moral desert justifies punishment): …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

This is imminent!

And here is Adam Kolber's post: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/kol…

This Friday, Chloë Kennedy outlines the argument in her recent book, Inducing Intimacy: we should consult the genealogy of legal responses to deceptively induced sexual and romantic relationships when evaluating how the law regulates such conduct: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

This is imminent!

Last autumn, I interviewed Andrew Simester (Dean, NUS Faculty of Law, and leading Criminal Law academic) for The Art of Crime magazine. Here it is, out in print and free to read for all: theartofcrime.gr/interview-of-p…

In the next Criminal Justice Theory Blog blog, Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter (MPI-CSL, Freiburg) argues that the wrongfulness of image-based sexual abuse lies in its infringement of personhood, which is better captured using a relational definition of persons. Coming this Friday: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

And here it is: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/ima… Comments and reflections most welcome!

In the next Criminal Justice Theory Blog blogpost, Sorcha Mc Cormack, Leeds Law School argues we are partly defined by our vulnerability to circumstances and each other. Our autonomy-focused law of sexual consent should reflect this common vulnerability. Coming Friday! …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com