This book uses humanity-rationality and experience and the freedom of human will as a theoretical perspective to examine the basic framework of criminal law theories constructed by the criminal classic school and the criminal empirical school. The author puts forward the principle of the duality of rationality and experience of humanity and affirms the determinism of human behavior in the ontological sense and the freedom of will in the axiological sense. From this point of view, this book examines the humanistic foundations of crime and punishment, legislation and justice.
Author(s): Xingliang Chen
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 481
City: Singapore
Preface
Philosophy of Criminal Law
Dogmatics of Criminal Law
Rule of Criminal Law
Theory of Knowledge on Criminal Law
Case Criminal Jurisprudence
Contents
1 Introduction
1 The Analytical Framework for Human Nature
1.1 Rational Man
1.2 Empirical Man
1.3 The Unity of Rational Man and Empirical Man
2 Analysis Approaches to Human Nature
2.1 Individualism
2.2 Holism
2.3 The Unity of Individualism and Holism
References
2 Human Nature Foundation Held by the Classical School of Criminology
1 Assumption About Human Nature
1.1 Human Nature Analysis of Crimes
1.2 Human Nature Analysis of Penalty
1.3 Human Nature Analysis of Legislation
1.4 Human Nature Analysis of Administration of Justice
2 Cultural Background
2.1 Metaphysical Methodology
2.2 The Conception of Nature of Mechanism
2.3 Individual-Based Values
References
3 Human Nature Foundation Held by the Positivist School of Criminology
1 Assumption of Human Nature
1.1 Human Nature Analysis of Crime
1.2 Human Nature Analysis of Penalty
1.3 Human Nature Analysis of Legislation
1.4 Human Nature Analysis of Administration of Justice
2 Cultural Background
2.1 Positivism Methodology
2.2 View of Nature of Evolutionism
2.3 Value of Society as Standard for Education
References
4 Freedom of Will: A History of Theories
1 Theory of Free Will in Ancient Philosophy
1.1 Democritus
1.2 Plato
1.3 Aristotle
1.4 The Stoics
2 Theory of Free Will in Medieval Philosophy
2.1 Augustine
2.2 Aquinas
3 Theory of Free Will in Early Modern Philosophy
3.1 Descartes
3.2 Hobbes
3.3 Locke
3.4 Spinoza
3.5 Leibniz
3.6 Hume
3.7 Holbach
3.8 Diderot
3.9 Kant
3.10 Hegel
4 Theory of Free Will in Modern Philosophy
4.1 Green
4.2 Bradley
4.3 Sartre
4.4 James
4.5 Brightman
4.6 Skinner
References
5 Freedom of Will: Ontology
1 Will and Existence
1.1 Ontological Study
1.2 Materialistic Determinism
2 Freedom and Necessity
2.1 Methodology Study
2.2 Dialectical Determinism
References
6 Freedom of Will: Axiology
1 Will and Value
1.1 Psychological Analysis of Will
1.2 Value Evaluation of Will
2 Freedom and Responsibility
2.1 Choice Mechanism of Freedom
2.2 Responsibility Definition of Freedom
References
7 Human Nature Foundation of Crime
1 Theory of Crime Ontology
1.1 Theoretical Foundation of Crime Ontology
1.2 Social Interpretation of Criminal Existence
1.3 Individual Interpretation of Criminal Existence
2 Theory of Crime Axiology
2.1 Theoretical Foundation of Crime Axiology
2.2 Social Evaluation of Criminal Existence
2.3 Individual Evaluation of Criminal Existence
References
8 Human Nature Foundation of Punishment
1 Theory of Punishment Ontology
1.1 Theoretical Foundation of Punishment Ontology
1.2 Theory of Criminal Control
1.3 Theory of Criminal Correction
2 Theory of Punishment Axiology
2.1 Theoretical Foundation of Punishment Axiology
2.2 Generalization of Punishment
2.3 Individualization of Punishment
References
9 Human Nature Foundation of Legislation
1 Legislative Concept
1.1 Theory of the Origin of Law
1.2 Ontology of Law
1.3 Epistemology of Law
2 Legislative Mode (1): Statutory Law
2.1 Historical Investigation of Statutory Law
2.2 Value Analysis of Statutory Law
2.3 Rational Foundation of Statutory Law
3 Legislative Mode (2): Case Law
3.1 Historical Investigation of Case Law
3.2 Value Analysis of Case Law
3.3 Empirical Foundation of Case Law
References
10 Human Nature Foundation of Administration of Justice
1 Judicial Subject
1.1 Personality of Judicial Subject
1.2 Regulation of Judicial Subject
2 Judicial Activity (1): Statutory Interpretation
2.1 Evolution of Judicial Interpretation
2.2 Idea of Judicial Interpretation
2.3 Rules of Judicial Interpretation
3 Judicial Activity (2): Discretion
3.1 Evolution of Discretion
3.2 Basis of Discretion
3.3 Operation of Discretion
References
Postscript
Bibliography
Index
