Towards a Rational Legislative Evaluation in Criminal Law

1. Front Matter

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2. Fundamentals of Policy Evaluation

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Theoretical and Procedural Aspects of the Evaluation of Public Policies

      • Alberto Muñoz Arenas

      Pages 3-22

   3. Crime Statistics in the European Union

      • Ana Isabel Pérez Cepeda

      Pages 23-48

   4. Economics as a Tool in Legislative Evaluation: Cost-Analysis, Cost-Efficacy and Cost-Benefit

      • Íñigo Ortiz de Urbina Gimeno

      Pages 49-74

3. Comparative Experiences

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Legislative Evaluation in Spain: Its Necessary Application in the Approval of Criminal Law Reforms

      • Samuel Rodríguez Ferrández

      Pages 77-105

   3. Institutional Redesign Proposals for the Preparation of Criminal Policy by the Government. The Focus on Ex Ante Evaluations

      • José Becerra

      Pages 107-137

   4. Criminal Policy Evaluation and Rationality in Legislative Procedure: The Example of Sweden

      • Manuel Maroto Calatayud

      Pages 139-157

   5. Codification and Legislative Technique in the United States of America

      • Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero

      Pages 159-194

   6. Criminal Legislation in Germany

      • Andreas Hoyer

      Pages 195-200

   7. Evaluation and European Criminal Law: The Evaluation Model of the Commission

      • Fernando Guanarteme Sánchez Lázaro

      Pages 201-225

4. Evaluation and Axiological Validity

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Harm and Intellectual Property. Music Piracy as an Example of Empirical Measurement of Damage

      • Pablo Rando Casermeiro

      Pages 229-262

   3. The Proportionality Principle in a Broad Sense and Its Content of Rationality: The Principle of Subsidiarity

      • Ana María Prieto del Pino

      Pages 263-294

5. Evaluation and Judicial Control

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Constitutional Control of Criminal Law

      • Juan Antonio Lascuraín

      Pages 297-324

   3. Controlling the Constitutionality of Criminal Law Against the Onslaught of Irrationality Criminal Policy

      • Luis A. Vélez Rodríguez

      Pages 325-348

6. Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

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   2. A Necessary Triangle: The Science of Legislation, the Constitutional Control of Criminal Laws and Experimental Legislation

      • Adán Nieto Martín

      Pages 351-384

This book launches a debate on the need to evaluate criminal policies and, what is more complex and ambitious, to develop an evaluation method. The contributions address topics such as the general methodology for evaluating public policy, preparing criminal statistics, and analyzing costs, cost-effectiveness and cost benefits. Additionally, the work explores the state of affairs in various countries including Spain, Sweden, USA, Germany and in the EU. It also examines issues such as the relationship between legislative evaluation and criminal principles and the constitutional courts’ control over criminal acts.

• Legisprudence
• Evaluation
• Criminal laws
• Constitutional control
• Public policies
• Judicial control
• Criminal law reforms

• School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

  Adán Nieto Martín

• School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Castillo-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

  Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero

Adán Nieto Martín and Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero are Professors at the Institute of European and International Criminal Law at University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

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