Appraising strict liability /

This book of essays, including Anglo-American and European perspectives, considers strict liability in criminal law: that is, the problem of criminal offences that allow a defendant to be convicted without proof of fault.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Simester, A. P.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Subjects:	Criminal liability. Strict liability. Responsabilité sans faute. Criminal liability Strict liability Law, General & Comparative. Law, Politics & Government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Six senses of strict liability : a plea for formalism / Stuart P. Green
Is strict liability always wrong? / A.P. Simester
Wrongs and faults / John Gardner
Strict liability, justice, and proportionality / Douglas Husak
Whose values should determine when liability is strict? / Jeremy Horder
Strict liability, legal presumptions, and the presumption of innocence / R.A. Duff
Strict liability and the presumption of innocence : an exposé of functionalist assumptions / Paul Roberts
Strict liability for criminal offences in England and Wales following incorporation into English law of the European Convention on Human Rights / G.R. Sullivan
Imposing constitutional limits on strict liability : lessons from the American experience / Alan C. Michaels
Approaches to strict and constructive liability in continental criminal law / John R. Spencer and Antje Pedain.