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This is a reprint of a book first published by Little, Brown in 1978. George Fletcher is working on a new edition which will be published by OUP in three volumes entitled The Grammar of Criminal Law: American, Comparative, and International with Volume 1: Foundations to be published in 2007.
Rethinking Criminal Law is still perhaps the most influential and often cited theoretical work on American criminal law. This reprint will keep this classic work available until the new edition can be published