hhhh3@cam.ac.uk
Assistant Professor in Criminal Law
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CV / Biography
Hend Hanafy is an Assistant Professor in Criminal Law. Hend has been the Richard Fellingham Teaching and Research Fellow at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and previously Assistant Lecturer in Criminal Law at Cairo University. Her research focuses on criminal law and penal theory with an interdisciplinary lens that engages with political philosophy and legitimacy, particularly in contexts of social and political injustices.
Selected publications
Articles
"Public Wrongs and Power Relations in Non-Democratic & Illiberal Polities"
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-023-09703-6
Published: Sep 2023
"Bentham: Punishment and the Utilitarian Use of Persons as Means"
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14324/111.2045-757X.048
Published: Jun 2021
Book Chapters
"Sentence Mitigation as a Remedy for the State’s Legitimacy Deficit" in Zaibert, L. Roberts, V. J., and Ryberg, J. (ed(s)), Responding to the Culpable State: Is Sentence Mitigation Appropriate? , 2025)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509975655
Published Feb 2025
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