Christianity and Criminal Law

Mark Hill QC practises from Chambers in the Inner Temple, London, and is Associate Professor at Cardiff University, UK; the University of Pretoria, South Africa; King's College London, UK; and Notre Dame University Law School, Sydney, Australia. Norman Doe is Professor of Law at Cardiff University, UK, and Director of its Centre for Law and Religion. RH Helmholz is the Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, USA. John Witte, Jr. is Woodruff University Professor of Law, McDonald Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, USA.

Preface - Lord Judge






Introduction
Mark Hill QC
Historical Contributions of Christianity to Criminal Law




Criminal Law in the Old Testament: Homicide, the Problem of Mens Rea, and God
Brent A. Strawn



Conflicting Criminal Jurisdictions in Early Christianity
Markus Bockmuehl



Crime and the Canon Law
R. H. Helmholz



Retaliation: Christian Reasons for Punishment: An overview
Mathias Schmoeckel



Christianity and the Liberal Enlightenment Reforms of Criminal Law
Heikki Pihlajamäki
Christianity and the Principles of Criminal Law




The Nature of Sin and Crime: Spiritual and Civil Jurisdictions Compared
Norman Doe



Christianity, Mens Rea and the Boundaries of Criminal Liability
David McIlroy



Christianity, Human Dignity and Due Process
Peter Collier QC
Christianity and Criminal Offences




Christianity and Crimes Against the State
Nathan S. Chapman



Christianity and Offences Against the Person David Etherington QC



Law Like Love Like Language: The Christian Uses of Property Crime
John F. Stinneford



Crimes against God and the Church
Jeroen Temperman



Sex Crimes and Christianity
John Witte, Jr.



Attempts, Complicity, Virtue and the Limits of the Law
Richard W. Garnett
Christianity and the Enforcement of Criminal Law




Defences: Justification, Excuse and Provocation
Chloë Kennedy



Punishment, Forgiveness, and Mercy
Jeffrie Murphy



Justice, Mercy and Equality in Discretionary Criminal Justice Decision-making
Albert W. Alschuler



Parole, Risk Assessment of Offenders and Christianity
Sir John Saunders



Judicial Punishment in Transitional Justice: A Christian Restorative Approach
Daniel Philpott



The Weight of Judgment
Nathan S. Chapman