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The Limits of Criminological Positivism: The Movement for Criminal Law Reform in the West, 1870-1940
This volume resents the first major study of the limits of criminological positivism in the West and establishes the subject as a field of interest and explores three comparative elements: the differing national experiences within the civil law world; differences and similarities between civil law and common law regimes.
| Author(s) | Edited by Michele Pifferi. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 286 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 31 May 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
This volume resents the first major study of the limits of criminological positivism in the West and establishes the subject as a field of interest and explores three comparative elements: the differing national experiences within the civil law world; differences and similarities between civil law and common law regimes.
Introduction. An Historiographical Reassessment of Criminological Positivism Michele Pifferi Scientist Utopia and Reactionary Nostalgia: Criminal Procedure and the Early Positivist School Marco Nicola Miletti Penal Reform i
Michele Pifferi is Professor of Legal History at the University of Ferrara, Law Department. He has been Visiting Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt am Main; Emil Noel Fellow at NYU School of Law; Robbins
