Criminal Law and Religion in Post-Reformation Scotland

Kennedy, Chloe

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2011826

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Criminal Law and Religion in Post-Reformation Scotland

Chloe Kennedy

University of Edinburgh - School of Law

February 27, 2012

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/09

Abstract:
This article considers the connection between religious ideology and the criminal law in post-Reformation Scotland. It shows how the influence of religious practice and doctrine rendered the substance and application of the criminal law peculiarly moralistic, and had a similar effect on the attribution of criminal responsibility.

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Keywords: Legal history, criminal law, criminal theory, legal moralism, law and religion, Calvinism

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Date posted: February 27, 2012

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Kennedy, Chloe, Criminal Law and Religion in Post-Reformation Scotland (February 27, 2012). Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/09. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2011826 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2011826

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