The Boundaries of Blame: Towards a Universal Partial Defence for the Criminal Law

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Louise Kennefick (University of Glasgow)

The Boundaries of Blame

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Towards a Universal Partial Defence for the Criminal Law

Louise Kennefick (University of Glasgow)

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Cambridge University Press
14 August 2025

Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Criminal law & procedure

How can our criminal law retain legitimacy in an era of growing awareness about the complexities of human vulnerability and the far-reaching harm of punitive attitudes? The Boundaries of Blame makes a fresh contribution to the evolving scholarship on the relationship between criminal responsibility and social justice. It challenges the constricted view of personhood underpinning doctrines of responsibility, encouraging new conversations about long-standing questions on the role of circumstances like deprivation and trauma in excusing wrongdoing. Testing entrenched boundaries can provoke resistance, but the book argues that pushing past these limits is essential to fostering a more just framework of state blame in our present time and place. To achieve this objective, Louise Kennefick proposes a bold yet pragmatic response in the form of a Universal Partial Defence, grounded in the Real Person Approach – a blueprint that offers a practical and humane pathway towards a fairer measure of criminal accountability.

By: Louise Kennefick (University of Glasgow)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 664g
ISBN: 9781009386104
ISBN 10: 1009386107
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 14 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Louise Kennefick is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Glasgow and researches across criminal law theory and criminal justice. She is a Glasgow Law Fellow and Irish Research Council Scholar, and her work appears in publications such as the Modern Law Review and Criminology and Criminal Justice.