Action and value in criminal law /
A collection of essays on the theory of criminal law by philosophers from the UK, USA and Canada. Covering such central issues as moral luck, mistake and mental illness, this book aims to reorientate the study of criminal law. The contributors break down false associations and reveal hidden truths.
| Other Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1993.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the logic of criminal law / Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder
- Agency and welfare in the penal law / Alan Brudner
- On what's intentionally done / Jennifer Hornsby
- Acting, trying, and criminal liability / R.A. Duff
- Taking the consequences / Andrew Ashworth
- Foreseeing harm opaquely / Michael S. Moore
- Culpability and mistake of law / Douglas Husak and Andrew von Hirsch
- The nature of justification / George P. Fletcher
- Should the criminal law abandon the actus reus-mens rea distinction? / Paul H. Robinson
- Subjectivism and objectivism: towards synthesis / Richard H.S. Tur
- Diminished capacity / Stephen J. Morse
- Value, action, mental illness, and the law / K.W.M. Fulford.