The Dangerous Essence of Criminal Law: Redefining Criminalisation

‘The Dangerous Essence of Criminal Law’ unsettles criminal law scholarship by advancing the original proposition that dangerousness should be placed at the centre of the conceptual framework of criminal law. Through an innovative interdisciplinary methodology, this project advances a thicker conception of dangerousness which is inherently linked to a specific notion of civil order, which the criminal law strives to preserve by defining and then repressing those values, activities and identities that pose a threat to this order.