Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting

Vulnerable Demons?

By: Lorna Fox O'Mahony (Editor), David O'Mahony (Editor), Robin Hickey (Editor)

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Hardcover | 28 October 2014 | Edition Number 1

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264 Pages

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This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and practice perspectives. While the practice of squatting has long been criminalized in some jurisdictions, the last few years have witnessed the emergence of a newly constituted political concern with unlawful occupation of land. With initiatives to address the 'threat' of squatting sweeping across Europe, the offence of squatting in a residential building was created in England in 2012. This development, which has attracted a large measure of media attention, has enormous political, social and legal significance. It has been widely regarded as a controversial policy departure, with many commentators, Parliamentarians, and professional organisations arguing that its support is premised on misunderstandings of the current law and a limited and precarious evidence-base concerning the nature and prevalence of 'squatting'. This collection explores the significance of measures to criminalize squatting, both in Engand and in other jurisdictions, for squatters, owners and communities. It also uses these measures as a point of departure from which to interrogate wider themes relating to political philosophy, social policy, criminal justice and the nature of ownership. Overall, then, this book consider how the assimilation of squatting to a contemporary punitive turn is shaping the political, social, legal and moral landscapes of property, housing and crime.

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"Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting is a comprehensive and wide-ranging, multidisciplinary examination of this important topic that sets the bar for all future work. Leading figures and emerging new voices develop a series of unique insights into the offence of squatting from the perspectives of the state, the squatter and the landowner in the UK and beyond. Anyone with an interest in this topic must engage with the contributions to this excellent collection." - Professor Thom Brooks, Durham University, UK

"This book is an absolute treasure for both teachers and students interested in the basic jurisprudence of where a tort ends and a crime begins and whether in the 21st century the law of tort has as much relevance today when the state can deal more effectively with a trespass than the civil courts have done." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers

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