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Toward A History Of American Criminal Law Theory, Steven R. Morrison

Steven R Morrison

Abstract to “Toward a History of American Criminal Law Theory” By Steven R. Morrison This article describes the author’s formulation of the Field of Truth. The Field of Truth is a theoretical concept that does two things. First, it is designed to facilitate the study of the historical progress of American criminal law theory. It is a structure that is neutral, because it does not evaluate the merits of any particular theory and does not limit its reach to modes of thought generally accepted by scholars as “theory.” Therefore, the structure encompasses all ideas that have affected the criminal law. …