Book Review: General Politics: Crime, Punishment and Responsibility: The Jurisprudence of Antony Duff
| Date | 01 May 2013 |
| Published date | 01 May 2013 |
| DOI | 10.1111/1478-9302.12016_70 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
G E N E RA L P O L I T I C S
Cyberspaces and Global Affairs by Sean S. Costi-
be no more than a chapter in what must inevitably be
gan and Jake Perry (eds). Farnham: Ashgate, 2012.
an ongoing examination’ (p. xx) and it serves as a
377pp., £75.00, ISBN 978 1 4094 2754 4
well-written and topical series of engaging introduc-
tory articles that will, hopefully, encourage the reader
This book consists of a series of chapters covering a
to pursue some of the topics in greater detail.
multitude of different topics under the title Cyberspaces
and Global Affairs. Split into three parts, the book exam-
Andrew Whiting
ines: cyberspace and security; the challenges ICT poses
(Swansea University)
for politics, society and the individual; and finally, the
difficulties surrounding both the ‘information over-
Crime, Punishment
and
Responsibility: The
load’ (p. 319) and the ‘digital divide’ (p. 239).The scope
Jurisprudence of Antony Duff by Rowan Cruft,
of each contribution varies greatly, with some concen-
Matthew H. Kramer and Mark R. Reiff (eds).
trating on broad international topics such as cyber-war,
Oxford: Oxford
University
Press, 2011. 394pp.,
and others focusing on how ICT has impacted on
£60.00, ISBN 9780199592814
particular case studies including, but not limited to,
corporations such as Google, a national comparison
Anthony Duff ’s multifaceted contributions – in par-
between China and India, and a regional study of the
ticular his focus on the appropriateness of punishment
Middle East. Each chapter adds to the fundamental
and its moral justification – and the cohesiveness, rich-
argument in its own particular way: that ICT, and in
ness and relevance of his work to the philosophy of
particular cyberspace, has had a tremendous impact,
criminal law over the past 35 or more years have left no
both...
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