Criminal law secures civil order, but it is important to reflect on the meaning of the term 'civil order' and precisely how the law 'secures' this. In this paper I explore the particular significance of civil order in modernity: how order... more
Criminal law secures civil order, but it is important to reflect on the meaning of the term 'civil order' and precisely how the law 'secures' this. In this paper I explore the particular significance of civil order in modernity: how order was conceived of as a specific kind of problem and how this has shaped the modern understanding of the criminal law. I then go on to look at a neglected dimension of this understanding of civil order by looking at understandings of the relation between the market and the criminal law.
