Introduction to special issue on unmasking power in criminal law and justice.

This article introduces a special issue on unmasking power in the criminal legal system. It discusses the differentiation between the ideals of the criminal legal system and the reality of its practice. The issue arose from a symposium that brought scholars together to explore how power impacts the regulation of conduct and entities by the criminal legal system. The articles in the issue examine various aspects of power, including language, gender, trans rights, corporate culpability, and immigration detention. The authors argue for discursive transformations and systemic changes to address arbitrary exercises and abuses of power in the criminal justice system. [Extracted from the article]

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