Alexander Sarch

Professor Alexander Sarch is a faculty member at the University of Surrey's Surrey Law School, specializing in criminal law theory, moral philosophy, and corporate criminal liability. His research interrogates the doctrinal and theoretical boundaries of criminal culpability, particularly focusing on mental states, corporate liability, and the intersection of law with ethical principles. He teaches criminal law and tort law, and supervises PhD students in related fields such as white collar crime and limits of criminalization.

Key research areas include willful ignorance in legal contexts, the concurrence requirement, accomplice liability, and the moral prerequisites for criminal law. His work often bridges legal scholarship with moral philosophy, appearing in journals like Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy, and Criminal Law and Philosophy. He has authored a monograph, Criminally Ignorant (Oxford University Press, 2019), analyzing the role of ignorance in criminal liability.

Recent publications explore topics such as collective knowledge in corporate liability, the limits of legal excuses, and blockchain-related financial crimes. His scholarship consistently addresses the tension between moral blameworthiness and legal culpability, challenging traditional doctrinal frameworks.

While no specific scientific awards are listed, his contributions to legal theory and criminal law have been widely cited. He actively engages in academic discourse through peer-reviewed articles and book reviews, maintaining a focus on contemporary issues like AI liability and decentralized finance regulation.