Offences and defences : selected essays in the philosophy of criminal law /

Main Author: Gardner, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, 2009
Edition:repr. ed.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034284.html
Table of Contents:
  • The wrongness of rape
  • Rationality and the rule of law in offences against the person
  • Complicity and causality
  • In defence of defences
  • Justifications and reasons
  • The gist of excuses
  • Fletcher on offences and defences
  • Provocation and pluralism
  • The mark of responsibility
  • The functions and justifications of criminal law and punishment
  • Crime : in proportion and in perspective
  • Reply to critics