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In search of criminal responsibility : ideas, interests and institutions /

Through a combined philosophical, historical, and socio-legal methodology, this volume investigates the changing nature of criminal responsibility in English law from the mid-18th Century to the early 21st Century, arguing that ideas of character responsibility are enjoying a renaissance in the mode...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lacey, Nicola (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Subjects:
Criminal liability > Great Britain.
Criminal intent > Great Britain.
Intention criminelle > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain.
Europe.
HISTORY.
LAW.
Sentencing.
Jurisprudence.
Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Criminal intent
Criminal liability
Great Britain
Law.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Through a combined philosophical, historical, and socio-legal methodology, this volume investigates the changing nature of criminal responsibility in English law from the mid-18th Century to the early 21st Century, arguing that ideas of character responsibility are enjoying a renaissance in the modern criminal law.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index.
ISBN:9780191823282
0191823287
9780191084065
0191084069
0191084050
9780191084058