ABSTRACT
Introduction The essays in this collection cover topics in the area of legal theory and the theory of criminal justice and responsibility. They discuss matters as diverse as the criminal responsibility of the two boys who killed James Bulger, the guilt of Albert Speer, the nature of popular justice, problems in the law of intention, recklessness and provocation, the historical development of modern legal theory, and the nature of its critique. They were not written to a general plan, but they were written in relation to each other. The result is a set of essays that reveal a dominant theme and an emerging line of argument. Put together, I hope that the impact and significance of both is made the stronger. Since each chapter was originally written to stand by itself, I do not seek in this introduction to outline each in detail. Their titles indicate something of their content, and the next section begins by locating each one briefly within the overall argument that develops through the collection. I have focused on what holds these essays together as a whole, and this introduction is designed to bring this out.
