Associate Professor in Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
Research project:
A post-metaphysical theory of criminal law
Research project:
“The aim of my research is to construct a political philosophical theory of the criminal law and explore its implications for criminalization, criminal responsibility and punishment. The project is rooted in the post-petaphysical turn in political and legal philosophy. The aim is to construct a theory of the criminal law, which does not rely on controversial moral doctrines and is suitable for a specific type of political society with a specific type of institutional structure. This has several upshots. First, the wrongfulness of some acts is to be judged with reference to the political duties, flowing from the terms of social cooperation and not in relation to an independent moral order. Secondly, the criminal law is grounded in its acceptability by all citizens. Thirdly, the political conception of the person also determines the subject of the criminal law. In Frankfurt I hope to explore the specific implications of these general theses and develop general principles of criminalization and criminal responsibility. In particular, I will consider the following questions: Under which political duties are participants in a political community with these general characteristics? Who may respond to violations of these political duties? What kind of response is justified and on what terms? What are the constraints to criminalization and punishment (in particular constraints stemming from the rule of law, democracy and social justice)? How can acts be attributed to an actor simpliciter and as criminal offenses?” (Emmanuel Melissaris)
Events:
Paper Presentation, June 3, 2015
Solidarity and State Punishment
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Biografische Angaben
Emmanuel Melissaris is Associate Professor in Law at the Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His research focuses on the philosophy and sociology of law and theories of criminal law. His current research focuses on the problem of legal pluralism and the justification of violations of the right to property. Born in Greece, he studied law in Athens and received his doctorate from the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh. He taught at the University of Manchester and Keele University before taking up teaching at the LSE in 2005. Emmanuel Mellissaris is a member of the editorial board of the annual magazine "Jurisprudence". -
Publikationen
Theories of Crime and Punishment, in: Markus D. Dubber and Tatjana Hörnle (Hrsg.) The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law. Oxford Handbooks in Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014. Property offences as crimes of injustice, in: Criminal Law and Philosophy, 6 (2) 2012, S. 149-166. McCoubrey & White’s Textbook on Jurisprudence (mit J. E. Penner), Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. Ubiquitous Law : Legal Theory and the Space for Legal Pluralism, Ashgate, Farnham 2009.