Retrospective Law and Release from Prison.
This article draws out two injustices to which retrospective criminal legislation may give rise: undermining accessibility of law and challenging equality before the law. It is argued that the censuring function of criminal law exacerbates both wrongs. This sets the stage for an analysis of delaying...
| Publicado en: | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 387 - 415 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Summer2025
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