Action and Value in Criminal Law

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

This is a challenging collection of essays on the theory of criminal law by leading philosophers from the UK, USA, and Canada. Ranging across such central issues as moral luck, mistake, and mental illness, Action and Value in Criminal Law aims to reorientate the study of criminal law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-05-09
Mått:155 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198260790

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a handsome volume, with an unusually critical prologue (to which readers in search of a longer review might turn) ... This is a collection to use

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Logic of Criminal Law ; 1. Agency and Welfare in the Penal Law ; 2. Acting, Trying, and Criminal Liability ; 3. On What's Intentionally Done ; 4. Taking the Consequences ; 5. Foreseeing Harm Opaquely ; 6. Culpability and Mistake of Law ; 7. The Nature of Justification ; 8. Should the Criminal Law Abandon the Actus Reus/Mens Rea Distinction? ; 9. Subjectivism and Objectivism: Towards Synthesis ; 10. Diminished Capacity ; 11. Value, Action, Mental Illness, and the Law