Epilogue: Some Musings on Deterrence

Authors

• Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Essay

Publication Title

Journal of International Criminal Justice

Publication Date

2022

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqab021

Abstract

Does law matter? Might it make a difference? Affect human behaviour? Assumptively, yes, it is easy to surmise such causation. Indeed, law can guide. Law manages. At times, law can even control and command and direct. But law is such a sprawling category. Not all laws are the same. Some laws are, in an Orwellian sense, more equal than others. Some walk on four legs, which is good, but not every law comes to walk on two legs when it is better. And some laws, well, they may not move anywhere (or anyone) at all.

Recommended Citation

Drumbl, Mark A., "Epilogue: Some Musings on Deterrence" (2022). Scholarly Articles. 936.
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlufac/936