Lacey, Nicola


Professor Nicola Lacey  

Department

Position held

Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Department of Law

Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory

Experience keywords:

comparative political economy of crime and punishment; legal theory; gender; legal history; criminal justice; social theory; criminal law; law and literature

Research summary > [Click to expand]

I am currently working on the comparative political economy of crime and punishment, and on the development of ideas of responsibility for crime from the early 18th Century.

Languages:

French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7254

Publications

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2009

Lacey, Nicola (2009) Historicising criminalisation: conceptual and empirical issues. Modern law review, 72 (6). pp. 936-960. ISSN 0026-7961

2008

Lacey, Nicola (2008) Out of the 'witches' cauldron'?: reinterpreting the context and re-assessing the significance of the Hart-Fuller debate. LSE law, society and economy working paper series, 18-2008. Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Lacey, Nicola (2008) Philosophy, political morality and history: explaining the enduring resonance of the Hart-Fuller debate. New York University law review, 83 (4). pp. 1059-1087. ISSN 0028-7881

Lacey, Nicola (2008) Women, crime, and character: from Moll Flanders to Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199544363

Lacey, Nicola (2008) The prisoners' dilemma: political economy and punishment in contemporary democracies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521728294

2007

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Criminal justice. In: Goodin, Robert E. and Pettit, Philip and Pogge, Thomas W., (eds.) A companion to contemporary political philosophy. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781405136532

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Space, time and function: intersecting principles of responsibility across the terrain of criminal justice. Criminal law and philosophy, 1 (3). pp. 233-250. ISSN 1871-9791

Lacey, Nicola (2007) From Moll Flanders to Tess of the D'Urbervilles: women, autonomy and criminal responsibility in eighteenth and nineteenth century England. LSE law, society and economy working paper series, 05-2007. Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Interview. In: Neilson, Morton Ebbe Juul, (ed.) Legal philosophy: 5 questions. Automatic Press / VIP. ISBN 9788792130013

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Crime, responsibility and institutional design. In: Brennan, Geoffrey and Goodin, Robert E. and Jackson, Frank and Smith, Michael, (eds.) Common minds: themes from the philosophy of Philip Pettit. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 182-198. ISBN 9780199218165

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Denial and responsibility. In: Downes, David and Rock, Paul and Chinkin, Christine and Gearty, Conor, (eds.) Crime, social control and human rights: from moral panics to states of denial. Willan Publishing, Collumpton, UK, pp. 255-269. ISBN 9781843922285

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Legal constructions of crime. In: Maguire, Mike and Morgan, Rod and Reiner, Robert, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of criminology. Oxford University Press, London, UK, pp. 179-200. ISBN 9780199205431

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Criminal justice and democratic systems: inclusionary and exclusionary dynamics in the institutional structure of late modern societies. CES working papers series, 148. The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA

Lacey, Nicola (2007) Character, capacity, outcome: towards a framework for assessing the shifting pattern of criminal responsibility in modern English law. In: Dubber, Markus D. and Farmer, Lindsay, (eds.) Modern histories of crime and punishment. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, USA, pp. 14-41. ISBN 9780804754118

Lacey, Nicola (2007) H.L.A. Hart’s rule of law: the limits of philosophy in historical perspective. Quaderni fiorentini, 36 pp. 1203-1224. ISSN 0392-1867

2006

Lacey, Nicola (2006) Historicizing contrasts in tolerance. In: Newburn, Tim and Rock, Paul, (eds.) The politics of crime control: essays in honour of David Downes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 197-226. ISBN 9780199208401

Lacey, Nicola (2006) Analytical jurisprudence versus descriptive sociology revisited. Texas law review, 84 (4). pp. 945-982. ISSN 0040-4411

2004

Lacey, Nicola (2004) A life of H.L.A. Hart: the nightmare and the noble dream. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199274970

Lacey, Nicola (2004) Criminalization as regulation: the role of criminal law. In: Parker, Christine and Scott, Colin and Lacey, Nicola and Braithwaite, John, (eds.) Regulating law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 144-167. ISBN 9780199264070

Parker, Christine and Scott, Colin and Lacey, Nicola and Braithwaite, John, (eds.) (2004) Regulating law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199264070

Parker, Christine and Scott, Colin and Lacey, Nicola and Braithwaite, John (2004) Introduction. In: Parker, Christine and Scott, Colin and Lacey, Nicola and Braithwaite, John, (eds.) Regulating law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780199264070

Lacey, Nicola (2004) Feminist legal theories and the rights of women. In: Knop, Karen, (ed.) Gender and human rights. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 13-56. ISBN 9780199260904

Lacey, Nicola (2004) The constitution of identity: gender, feminist legal theory and the law and society movement. In: Sarat, Austin, (ed.) The Blackwell companion to law and society. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, Uk, pp. 471-486. ISBN 9780631228967

Lacey, Nicola (2004) Interpreting doctrines of privacy: a comment on Anita Allen. In: Rössler, Beate, (ed.) Privacies: philosophical evaluations. Stanford University Press, London, UK, pp. 40-51. ISBN 9780804745635

2003

Lacey, Nicola (2003) Penal theory and penal practice: a communitarian approach. In: McConville, Seán, (ed.) The use of punishment. Willan Publishing, Devon, UK, pp. 175-198. ISBN 9781843920342

Lacey, Nicola (2003) Principles, politics and criminal justice. In: Zedner, Lucia and Ashworth, Andrew, (eds.) The criminological foundations of penal policy: essays in honour of Roger Hood. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 79-106. ISBN 9780199265091

Lacey, Nicola and Wells, Celia and Quick, Oliver (2003) Reconstructing criminal law: text and materials. LexisNexis, London, UK. ISBN 9780406963765

2002

Lacey, Nicola (2002) Modern positivism: H L A Hart and analytical jurisprudence. In: Penner, James E. and Schiff, David and Nobles, Richard, (eds.) Introduction to jurisprudence and legal theory: commentary and materials. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 143-189. ISBN 9780406946782

Jackson, Emily and Lacey, Nicola (2002) Introducing feminist legal theory. In: Penner, James E. and Schiff, David and Nobles, Richard, (eds.) Introduction to jurisprudence and legal theory: commentary and materials. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 779-853. ISBN 9780406946782

Lacey, Nicola (2002) Legal constructions of crime. In: Maguire, Mike and Morgan, Rob and Reiner, Robert, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of criminology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 179-200. ISBN 9780199249374

Lacey, Nicola (2002) Violence, ethics and law: feminist reflections on a familiar dilemma. In: James, Susan and Palmer, Stephanie, (eds.) Visible women: essays on feminist legal theory and political philosophy. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 117-136. ISBN 9781841131955

2001

Lacey, Nicola (2001) Responsibility and modernity in criminal law. Journal of political philosophy, 9 (3). pp. 249-277. ISSN 1467-9760

Lacey, Nicola (2001) In search of the responsible subject: history, philosophy and social sciences in criminal law theory. Modern law review, 64 (3). pp. 350-371. ISSN 0026-7961

Lacey, Nicola (2001) Social policy, civil society and the institutions of criminal justice. Australian journal of legal philosophy, 26 pp. 7-25. ISSN 1440-4982

2000

Lacey, Nicola (2000) Partial defences to homicide: questions of power and principle in imperfect and less imperfect worlds.... In: Ashworth, Andrew and Mitchell, Barry, (eds.) Rethinking English homicide law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 107-132. ISBN 9780198299042

Lacey, Nicola (2000) General principles of criminal law: a feminist perspective. In: Nicolson, Donald and Bibbings, Lois, (eds.) Feminist perspectives on criminal law. Routledge-Cavendish, London, UK, pp. 87-100. ISBN 9781859415269

Lacey, Nicola and Zedner, Lucia (2000) "Community" and governance: a cultural comparison. In: Karstedt, Susanne and Bussmann, Kai, (eds.) Social dynamics of crime and control: new theories for a world in transition. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 157-170. ISBN 9781841131436

Lacey, Nicola (2000) 'Philosophical foundations of the common law': social not metaphysical. In: Horder, Jeremy, (ed.) Oxford essays in jurisprudence: fourth series. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 17-39. ISBN 9780198268581

Lacey, Nicola (2000) Feminist perspectives on ethical positivism. In: Campbell, Tom and Goldsworthy, Jeffrey, (eds.) Judicial power, democracy and legal positivism. Ashgate Dartmouth, Aldershot, UK, pp. 89-114. ISBN 9780754620617

Lacey, Nicola (2000) Violence, ethics and law: feminist reflections on a familiar dilemma. Figurationen: gender, literatur, kultur, (1). pp. 43-58. ISSN 1439-4367

1998

Lacey, Nicola (1998) Penal practices and political theory: an agenda for dialogue. In: Matravers, Matt, (ed.) Punishment and political theory. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 152-164. ISBN 9781901362886

Lacey, Nicola (1998) Contingency, coherence and conceptualism: reflections on the encounter between 'critique' and 'the philosophy of the criminal law'. In: Duff, Antony, (ed.) Philosophy and the criminal law: principle and critique. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 9-59. ISBN 9780521550444

Lacey, Nicola and Wells, Celia (1998) Reconstructing criminal law: text and materials. Butterworths, London, UK. ISBN 9780406046543

Lacey, Nicola (1998) Unspeakable subjects: feminist essays in legal and social theory. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781901362343

Lacey, Nicola and Zedner, Lucia (1998) Community in German criminal justice: a significant absence? Social and legal studies, 7 (1). pp. 7-25. ISSN 0964-6639

Lacey, Nicola (1998) Bentham as proto-feminist? Or an ahistorical fantasy on 'anarchical fallacies'. Current legal problems, 51 pp. 441-466. ISSN 0070-1998

Lacey, Nicola (1998) Philosophy, history and criminal law theory. Buffalo law review, 1 (2). ISSN 0023-9356

1997

Lacey, Nicola (1997) Criminal law, criminology and criminalisation. In: Macguire, Mike and Morgan, Rod and Reiner, Robert, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of criminology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 437-450. ISBN 9780198262978

Lacey, Nicola (1997) On the subject of sexing the subject.... In: Naffine, Ngaire and Owens, Rosemary J., (eds.) Sexing the subject of law. LBC Information Services, North Ryde, Australia, pp. 65-76. ISBN 9780455214696

Lacey, Nicola (1997) Unspeakable subjects, impossible rights: sexuality, integrity and criminal law. Women: a cultural review, 8 (2). pp. 143-157. ISSN 0957-4042

1996

Lacey, Nicola (1996) Normative reconstruction in socio-legal theory. Social and legal studies, 5 (2). pp. 131-157. ISSN 0964-6639

1995

Lacey, Nicola and Zedner, Lucia (1995) Discourses of community in criminal justice. Journal of law and society, 22 (3). pp. 301-325. ISSN 0263-323X

Lacey, Nicola (1995) In(de)terminable intentions. Modern law review, 58 (5). pp. 692-695. ISSN 0026-7961

Frazer, Elizabeth and Lacey, Nicola (1995) Politics and the public in Rawls' Political Liberalism. Political studies, 43 (2). pp. 233-247. ISSN 1467-9248

Lacey, Nicola (1995) Contingency and criminalisation. In: Loveland, Ian, (ed.) The frontiers of criminality. Sweet and Maxwell, London, UK, pp. 1-27. ISBN 9780421526303

Lacey, Nicola (1995) Community, identity and power: some thoughts on women and law in Central and Eastern Europe. UCLA women's law journal, pp. 15-48. ISSN 1068-9893

Lacey, Nicola (1995) Feminist legal theory beyond neutrality. Current legal problems, 48 (2). pp. 1-38. ISSN 0070-1998

1994

Lacey, Nicola and Frazer, Elizabeth (1994) Blind alleys: communitarianism. Politics, 14 (2). pp. 75-81. ISSN 0263-3957

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Mapping modernities. Law and critique, 5 (2). pp. 209-218. ISSN 0957-8536

Lacey, Nicola (1994) MacIntyre, feminism and the concept of practice. In: Mendus, Susan and Horton, John, (eds.) After MacIntyre: critical perspectives on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre. Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 265-282. ISBN 9780745613550

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Government as manager, citizen as consumer: the case of Criminal Justice Act 1991. Modern law review, 57 (4). pp. 534-554. ISSN 0026-7961

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Missing the wood... pragmatism versus theory in the Royal Commission. In: McConville, Michael and Bridges, Lee, (eds.) Criminal justice in crisis. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 30-41. ISBN 9781858980034

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Sexual harassment and legal strategy in the UK. In: Jagwanth, Saras and Schwikkard, Pamela-Jane and Grant, Brenda, (eds.) Women and the law. HSRC Press, Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 55-83. ISBN 9780796915931

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Abstraction in context. Oxford journal of legal studies, 14 (2). pp. 255-267. ISSN 0143-6503

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Criminal justice. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198763611

Lacey, Nicola (1994) Reconceiving socio-legal studies. Socio-legal newsletter, ISSN 0957-7017

1993

Lacey, Nicola (1993) Closure and critique in feminist jurisprudence: transcending the dichotomy or a foot in both camps? In: Norrie, Alan, (ed.) Closure or critique: new directions in legal theory. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 194-213. ISBN 9780748604456

Lacey, Nicola (1993) A clear concept of intention: elusive or illusory? Modern law review, 56 (5). pp. 621-642. ISSN 0026-7961

Lacey, Nicola (1993) Escaping the legal paradigm. In: Hawkins, Keith, (ed.) The uses of discretion. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 361-388. ISBN 9780198257622

Frazer, Elizabeth and Lacey, Nicola (1993) The politics of community: a feminist analysis of the liberal-communitarian debate. Harvester Wheatsheaf, London, UK. ISBN 9780745008615

Lacey, Nicola (1993) Theory into practice? Pornography and the public/private dichotomy. Journal of law and society, 20 (1). pp. 93-113. ISSN 0263-323X

1992

Lacey, Nicola (1992) From individual to group? In: Hepple, Bob Alexander and Szyszczak, Erika M., (eds.) Discrimination: the limits of law. Mansell Publishing, London, UK, pp. 99-124. ISBN 0720121221

Lacey, Nicola (1992) Theories of justice and the welfare state. Social and legal studies, 1 (3). pp. 323-344. ISSN 0964-6639

Lacey, Nicola (1992) Crime: reconstructing the traditional syllabus. In: Birks, Peter, (ed.) Examining the law syllabus: the core. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 85-89. ISBN 9780198762690

Lacey, Nicola (1992) Theories of justice and the welfare state. In: Maihofer, Werner and Sprenger, Gerhard, (eds.) Praktische Vernunft und Theorien der Gerechtigkeit: XV. Weltkongreß der IVR, Göttingen, 18. bis 24. August 1991, Band 2. Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, Germany, pp. 20-39. ISBN 9783515060851

1991

Lacey, Nicola (1991) Legislation against sex discrimination: questions from a feminist perspective. In: McCrudden, Christopher, (ed.) Anti-discrimination law. New York University Press, New York, USA, pp. 437-447. ISBN 9780814754665

1990

Lacey, Nicola and Wells, Celia and Meure, Dirk (1990) Reconstructing criminal law: critical perspectives on crime and the criminal process. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, UK. ISBN 9780297820284

1989

Lacey, Nicola (1989) Are rights best left unwritten? Political quarterly, 60 (4). pp. 433-441. ISSN 1467-923X

Lacey, Nicola (1989) Feminist legal theory. Oxford journal of legal studies, 9 (3). pp. 383-394. ISSN 0143-6503

1988

Lacey, Nicola (1988) State punishment: political principles and community values. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415001717

1987

Lacey, Nicola (1987) Legislation against sex discrimination: questions from a feminist perspective. Journal of law and society, 14 (4). pp. 411-421. ISSN 0263-323X

Lacey, Nicola (1987) Justice and efficiency in criminal justice. In: Butler, William Elliot, (ed.) Justice and comparative law: Anglo-Soviet perspectives on criminal law, evidence, procedure, and sentencing policy. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 91-101. ISBN 9789024733750

Lacey, Nicola (1987) Discretion and due process at the post-conviction stage. In: Dennis, Ian H., (ed.) Criminal law and justice: essays from the W.G. Hart workshop, 1986. Sweet and Maxwell, London, UK, pp. 221-235. ISBN 0421377704

1986

Lacey, Nicola (1986) Responsibility: law, medicine or morals? In: Byrne, Peter, (ed.) Rights and wrongs in medicine: King’s College studies 1985-6. Oxford University Press, London, UK, pp. 139-157. ISBN 9781855510326

Lacey, Nicola (1986) Viewpoint: constitutional ramblings, a bill of rights. Marxism today, 31 (8). pp. 28-29. ISSN 0025-4118

Lacey, Nicola (1986) A bill of rights for the United Kingdom? In: Hoggart, Richard, (ed.) Liberty and legislation. Frank Cass, London, UK, pp. 149-158. ISBN 9780714633084

Lacey, Nicola (1986) Obligations, sanctions and obedience. In: MacCormick, Neil and Birks, Peter, (eds.) The legal mind: essays for Tony Honoré. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 219-234. ISBN 9780198761969

Lacey, Nicola (1986) The rights we need: only a bill of rights can strengthen our remedies against administrative wrongs. New society, 75 (1206). pp. 241-242. ISSN 0028-6729

1985

Lacey, Nicola (1985) Punishment and discretion in the English legal system. In: Broekman, Jan M. and Kerimov, Džangir Ali-Abbasovich and Opałek, Kazimier, (eds.) Social justice and individual responsibility in the welfare state. Steiner-Verlag-Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 251-256. ISBN 9783515044592

Lacey, Nicola (1985) The territory of the criminal law. Oxford journal of legal studies, 5 (3). pp. 453-462. ISSN 0143-6503

1984

Lacey, Nicola (1984) A change in the right direction?: the C.R.E's consultative document. Public law, (Summer). pp. 186-194. ISSN 0033-3565

1983

Lacey, Nicola (1983) Capital punishment: objections from principle and practice. Government and opposition, 18 (4). pp. 407-420. ISSN 0017-257X

1982

Lacey, Nicola (1982) The place of the distinction between momentary and non-momentary legal systems in legal analysis. In: Butler, William Elliot, (ed.) Anglo-Polish legal essays. Transnational Publishers, New York, USA, pp. 15-32. ISBN 9780941320009

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