alp22@cam.ac.uk
College Contact Details
Room: Mallory Court, B17
Professor of Criminal Law and Philosophy; Deputy Director, Centre for Penal Theory and Ethics (IoC)
MJur. (Oxon), Dr iur (Berlin)
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Professor Antje du Bois-Pedain is Professor of Criminal Law and Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Deputy Director of the Centre for Penal Theory and Ethics at the Institute of Criminology, and a Fellow of Magdalene College.
In the Faculty of Law, Professor du Bois-Pedain lectures Criminal Law and teaches a seminar course on Select Issues in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. She also runs the Criminal Jurisprudence and Philosophy group for staff and research students across Law and Criminology who work on ethical or theoretical aspects of criminal law and criminal justice.
Professor du Bois-Pedain outlines her research agenda as follows:
“One major strand of my work addresses the philosophical foundations of state punishment and their significance for the application and reform of criminal law. Moving beyond standard retributivist or utilitarian punishment theories, I argue that legitimate state punishment sets reasonable terms for an offender’s continuing relations with the polity in view of his crime. This allows me to incorporate punishment’s rehabilitative orientation into a rights-based understanding of the offender’s relationship to the state, and to provide an innovative theoretical framework for resolving practical questions in the context of sentencing. The second strand of my work is in criminal law theory and doctrine, often with a comparative or transnational dimension. Here I advance novel understandings of fundamental concepts (such as participation in crime) which advance both the theoretical understanding and the practice of the law. I also publish on questions of transitional justice where my 2007 monograph ‘Transitional Amnesty in South Africa’ is considered a classic in the field.”
Professor du Bois-Pedain is a member of the AHRC's Peer Review College and a frequest assessor of research funding applications and of scholarly work for international publishers.
Visit Professor du Bois-Pedain's SSRN page (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1229319) for some of her papers including forthcoming work not yet listed in the list of publications below.
Publications
Books
Re-Reading Beccaria: On the Contemporary Significance of a Penal Classic (ed), 2022)
Co-editor(s):
Shachar Eldar
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509959136
Published Oct 2022
Penal Censure: Engagements Within and Beyond Desert Theory (ed), 2019)
Criminal Law and the Authority of the State (ed), 2017)
Co-editor(s):
Magnus Ulväng and Petter Asp
Publisher:
Link:
ISBN 13:
9781509905133
Published May 2017
Liberal Criminal Theory: Essays for Andreas von Hirsch (ed), 2014)
Co-editor(s):
AP Simester and Ulfrid Neumann
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
978-1-84946-514-4
Published Aug 2014
Transitional Amnesty in South Africa (paperback) (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781107404014
Published Aug 2011
Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa (ed) (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Co-editor(s):
François du Bois
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9780521882057
Published Aug 2008
Transitional Amnesty in South Africa (CUP, 2007)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9780521878296
Published Dec 2007
Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice (ed) (Hart Publishing, 2006)
Co-editor(s):
J.R. Spencer
Publisher:
ISBN:
1841135828
ISBN 13:
9781841135823
Published Apr 2006
Articles
"Mass Incarceration, Penal Moderation, and Black Prisoners Serving Very Long Sentences: The Case for a Targeted Clemency Program" 24(4) New Criminal Law Review 655-688
Citation:
24(4) New Criminal Law Review 655-688
Published: Nov 2021
"Novus Actus and beyond: Attributing Causal Responsibility in the Criminal Courts" (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal, Supplement S1: 1921–2021 Centenary Issue, pp. s61-s90
Citation:
(2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal, Supplement S1: 1921–2021 Centenary Issue, pp. s61-s90
Published: Sep 2021
"In Defence of Substantial Sentencing Discretion" (2017) 3 Criminal Law Forum 391-435
Citation:
(2017) 3 Criminal Law Forum 391-435
Published: Sep 2017
"Violent Dynamics: Exploring Responsibility-Attribution for Harms Inflicted During Spontaneous Group Violence" (2016) 6 (4) Onati Socio-legal Series 1053-1078
Citation:
(2016) 6 (4) Onati Socio-legal Series 1053-1078
Published: Dec 2016
"‘Nemo tenetur’ im Vereinigten Königreich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung steuerlicher Auskunftspflichten und –verfahren" (2016) 5 Neue Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts-, Steuer- und Unternehmensstrafrecht (NZWiSt) 289-302 (part 1) and 329-336 (part 2)
Citation:
(2016) 5 Neue Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts-, Steuer- und Unternehmensstrafrecht (NZWiSt) 289-302 (part 1) and 329-336 (part 2)
Published: Aug 2016
"Hegel and the Justification of Real-world Penal Sanctions" (2016) 29 Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 37-70
Citation:
(2016) 29 Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 37-70
DOI:
10.1017/cjlj.2016.2
Published: Feb 2016
"Strafrechtliche Praxisformen jenseits des Nationalstaats (Swoboda und Meyer)" (2015) 6 Rechtswissenschaft 223-233
Citation:
(2015) 6 Rechtswissenschaft 223-233
DOI:
DOI: 10.5771/1868-8098-2015-2-223
Published: May 2015
"The Wrongfulness Constraint in Criminalisation" (2014) 8 Criminal Law & Philosophy 149-169 (Published online: 27 September 2012)
Citation:
(2014) 8 Criminal Law & Philosophy 149-169 (Published online: 27 September 2012)
Published: Sep 2012
"Hearsay exceptions and fair trial rights in Strasbourg" (2012) 71 Cambridge Law Journal 457-460.
Citation:
(2012) 71 Cambridge Law Journal 457-460.
Published: Jul 2012
"Artikel 6 Abs. 3 lit. d EMRK und der nicht verfügbare Zeuge: Weist der modifizierte Lucà-Test den Weg aus der Sackgasse?" (2012) 13 HRRS: Onlinezeitschrift für höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung zum Strafrecht 120–138.
Citation:
(2012) 13 HRRS: Onlinezeitschrift für höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung zum Strafrecht 120–138.
Published: Mar 2012
"Once a sex offender, always a reoffending risk?" (2010) 69 Cambridge Law Journal 428-430.
Citation:
(2010) 69 Cambridge Law Journal 428-430.
Published: Nov 2010
"The right to family life in extradition cases: more defendant-friendly than Strasbourg requires" (2010) 69 Cambridge Law Journal 223–225.
Citation:
(2010) 69 Cambridge Law Journal 223–225.
Published: Jul 2010
"Die Strafbarkeit untreueartigen Verhaltens im englischen Recht: ‘Fraud by abuse of position’ und andere einschlägige Strafvorschriften" (2010) 122 Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft (ZStW) 325-353.
Citation:
(2010) 122 Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft (ZStW) 325-353.
Published: Jun 2010
"Terrorist possession offences: curiosity kills the cat?" (2009) 68 Cambridge Law Journal 261–263.
Citation:
(2009) 68 Cambridge Law Journal 261–263.
Published: Jul 2009
"Under-age defendants, child sex offences and human rights" (2009) 68 Cambridge Law Journal 22–25.
Citation:
(2009) 68 Cambridge Law Journal 22–25.
Published: Mar 2009
"Access to justice and the exercise of powers under the Mental Health Act" (2007) 66 Cambridge Law Journal 525–528.
Citation:
(2007) 66 Cambridge Law Journal 525–528.
Published: Nov 2007
"Seeking healthcare elsewhere" (2007) 66 Cambridge Law Journal 44–47.
Citation:
(2007) 66 Cambridge Law Journal 44–47.
Published: Mar 2007
"On being dispossessed of a head of claim in a pending case" (2006) 65 Cambridge Law Journal 257–259.
Citation:
(2006) 65 Cambridge Law Journal 257–259.
Published: Jul 2006
"Das kleine Einmaleins des Rechtsstaats und die Fallstricke der Terrorbekämpfung in England" (2006) 7 HRRS: Onlinezeitschrift für höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung zum Strafrecht, 1–9. [Translated into Turkish and published in Kayihan Icel and Yener Ünver (eds.), Terör ve Düsman Ceza Hukuku (Ankara: Seckin, 2008) pp. 691–705.]
Citation:
(2006) 7 HRRS: Onlinezeitschrift für höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung zum Strafrecht, 1–9. [Translated into Turkish and published in Kayihan Icel and Yener Ünver (eds.), Terör ve Düsman Ceza Hukuku (Ankara: Seckin, 2008) pp. 691–705.]
Published: Jun 2006
"HIV and responsible sexual behaviour" (2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 540–543.
Citation:
(2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 540–543.
Published: Nov 2005
"Doctors, parents and the courts: legitimising restrictions on the continued provision of lifespan-maximising treatments for severely handicapped, non-dying babies" (2005) 17 Child & Family Law Quarterly 535–544.
Citation:
(2005) 17 Child & Family Law Quarterly 535–544.
Published: Jul 2005
"Requiem for a fairytale" (2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 11–14.
Citation:
(2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 11–14.
Published: Mar 2005
"Do headscarfs bite?" (2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 537–540.
Citation:
(2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 537–540.
Published: Nov 2004
"Was amnesty a lottery? An empirical study of the decisions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Committee on Amnesty" (2004) 121 South African Law Journal 785–828.
Citation:
(2004) 121 South African Law Journal 785–828.
Published: Sep 2004
"Terminating care" (2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 306–309.
Citation:
(2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 306–309.
Published: Jul 2004
"Unconventional justice in the House of Lords" (2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 19–21.
Citation:
(2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 19–21.
Published: Mar 2004
"Intention and the terrorist example" [2003] Crim.L.R. 579–593.
Citation:
[2003] Crim.L.R. 579–593.
Published: Aug 2003
"Condemned to lifelong ignorance" (2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 269–272.
Citation:
(2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 269–272.
Published: Jul 2003
"The human rights dimension of the Diane Pretty case" (2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 181–206.
Citation:
(2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 181–206.
Published: Mar 2003
"Assisted suicide and personal autonomy" (2002) 61 Cambridge Law Journal 511–514.
Citation:
(2002) 61 Cambridge Law Journal 511–514.
Published: Jul 2002
"‘With or without me’: The ECJ adopts a pose of studied neutrality towards EU enlargement" (2002) 51 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 981–989.
Citation:
(2002) 51 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 981–989.
Published: May 2002
"A hollow victory: The ECJ rules on direct effect of freedom of establishment provisions in Europe Agreements" (2002) 61 Cambridge Law Journal 284–287.
Citation:
(2002) 61 Cambridge Law Journal 284–287.
Published: Mar 2002
"The emergence of state duties to prosecute perpetrators of grave human rights violations in international human rights law – a jurisprudential perspective" (2002) 13 King’s College Law Journal 53–74.
Citation:
(2002) 13 King’s College Law Journal 53–74.
Published: Jan 2002
Book Chapters
"Social Rehabilitation as a Constitutional Principle of Justice" in Federica Coppola and Adriano Martufi (eds) (ed(s)), Social Rehabilitation and Criminal Justice (London: Routledge), 2024), pp. 27-52
Pages:
27-52
Published Jan 2024
"Angemessen selektiv und inklusiv? Völkerstrafverfahren in Deutschland im Licht der projektsolidarischen Rechtfertigung des Weltrechtsprinzips" in Stefanie Bock and Markus Wagner (eds) (ed(s)), Gerechtigkeit aus der Ferne? (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot), 2023), pp. 67-91
Pages:
67-91
Published Jun 2023
"Crime, Punishment, and the Social Contract: Towards the Constitutionalisation of Criminal Law" in Shachar Eldar (ed(s)), Re-Reading Beccaria: On the Contemporary Significance of a Penal Classic, 2022), pp. 73-91
"Criminal Justice Reform in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Habsburgian Lombardy and Tuscany: Beccaria’s Policy Memoranda in Context" in Shachar Eldar (ed(s)), Re-Reading Beccaria: On the Contemporary Significance of a Penal Classic, 2022), pp. 279-301
"Constructive Sentencing through Custody-Avoiding Sanctions: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Challenges" in Alison Liebling et al (ed(s)), Crime, Justice, and Social Order: Essays in Honour of A.E. Bottoms, Clarendon Studies in Criminology, 2022), pp. 209-245
"Complicity" in Larry Alexander and Kimberley Kessler Ferzan (ed(s)), The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Ethics and the Criminal Law, 2020), pp. 191-210
"Participation in Crime" in Kai Ambos et al (ed(s)), Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Anglo-German Dialogues, Vol. 1, 2020), pp. 94-134
"Penal Desert and the Passage of Time" in A. E. Bottoms (ed(s)), Penal Censure: Engagements Within and Beyond Desert Theory, 2019), pp. 227-251
"Punishment as an Inclusionary Practice: Sentencing in a Liberal Constitutional State" in Antje du Bois-Pedain, Magnus Ulväng and Petter Asp (ed(s)), Criminal Law and the Authority of the State, 2017), pp. 199-227
"Unrechtsaufarbeitung und Verantwortungszuschreibung durch Wahrheitskommissionen", Roberto Wenin, Gabriele Fornasari and Emanuela Fronza (eds.), La persecuzione dei crimini internazionali. Una riflessione sui diversi meccanismi di risposta (Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica, 2015) pp. 129-141, 2015)
Published Nov 2015
"The Place of Criminal Law Theory in the Constitutional State" in A.P. Simester, Antje du Bois-Pedain and Ulfrid Neumann (ed(s)), Liberal Criminal Theory: Essays for Andreas von Hirsch, 2014), pp. 305-325
"Weltrechtspflege aus Solidarität? Die rechtsethische Begründung universaler Strafverfolgungskompetenzen für Völkerrechtsverbrechen" (with A. von Hirsch et al), Solidarität im Strafrecht: Zur Funktion und Legitimation strafrechtlicher Solidaritätspflichten (Nomos, 2013), pp. 231-256
"The Duty to Preserve Life and its Limits in English Criminal Law" (with Dennis J. Baker and Jeremy Horder), The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law: The Legacy of Glanville Williams (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 296-327
Publisher:
Pages:
296-327
ISBN 13:
978-1107020474
Published Feb 2013
"Accountability through conditional amnesty: the case of South Africa" (with Francesca Lessa and Leigh A. Payne), Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability: Comparative and International Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 238-262
Publisher:
Pages:
238-262
ISBN 13:
9781107617339
Published Feb 2012
"Post-conflict accountability and the demands of justice: Can conditional amnesties take the place of criminal prosecutions?" (with Nicola Palmer, Phil Clark and Danielle Granville), Critical Perspectives in Transitional Justice (Intersentia, 2012), pp. 459-483
Publisher:
Pages:
459-483
ISBN 13:
978-1-78068-035-4
Published Jan 2012
"Von der ‘moralischen Wollust des Strafens’ oder: Strafgewalt ohne Staatsgewalt aus hegelianischer Sicht", Andreas von Hirsch, Ulfrid Neumann and Kurt Seelmann (eds.), Strafe – Warum? Gegenwärtige Strafbegründungen im Lichte von Hegels Straftheorie (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2011), pp. 205-232., 2011)
ISBN 13:
978-3-8329-6918-9
Published Jan 2011
"Die Beteiligung an fremder Selbstschädigung als eigenständiger Typus moralisch relevanten Verhaltens – Ein Beitrag zur Strukturanalyse des indirekten Paternalismus", Andreas von Hirsch, Ulfrid Neumann and Kurt Seelmann (eds.), Paternalismus im Strafrecht: Die Kriminalisierung von selbstschädigendem Verhalten (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2010), pp. 33-56., 2010)
ISBN 13:
978-3-8329-5518-2
Published Jan 2010
"Post-conflict Justice and the Reconciliatory Paradigm: The South African Experience" (with François du Bois) in François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain (ed(s)), Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa, 2008), pp. 289–311
Publisher:
Pages:
289–311
ISBN 13:
9780521882057
Published Jan 2008
"Communicating Criminal and Political Responsibility in the TRC Process" in François du Bois and Antje du Bois-Pedain (ed(s)), Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa, 2008), pp. 62-89
Publisher:
Pages:
62-89
ISBN 13:
9780521882057
Published Jan 2008
"Intentional killings: the German law" in J. Horder (ed(s)), Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective, 2007), pp. 55–81
Publisher:
Pages:
55–81
ISBN 13:
9781841136967
Published Jan 2007
"Is there a human right to die?", B. Brooks-Gordon et al (eds), Death Rites and Rights (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2007) pp. 75–92., 2007)
ISBN 13:
9781841137322
Published Jan 2007
"The South African amnesty scheme – a model for dealing with systematic and politically motivated human rights violations?", G. Werle (ed), Justice in Transition – Prosecution and Amnesty in Germany and South Africa (Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006) pp. 199–216., 2006)
Published Jan 2006
"Approaches to strict and constructive liability in Continental criminal law" (with J.R. Spencer) in A.P. Simester (ed(s)), Appraising Strict Liability, 2005), pp. 237–283
Publisher:
Pages:
237–283
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-927851-0
Published Jan 2005
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