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1 online resource (213 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; Summary; Introduction; Part I: Overview; 1; The Proposed Borders of Justification and Excuse; 1.1 The Wrongness Hypothesis -- 1.2 Questioning the Wrongness Hypothesis; 1.3 Conduct Rules, Decision Rules and the Stages of Criminal Justice; 1.4 From Supervening to Rationale-Based Defences; 1.5 A Rationale-Based Alternative to the Wrongness Hypothesis; Part II: Defences in the Structure of the Criminal Law; 2; Reasons and Perspective in the Criminal Law; 2.1 Reasons and Objectivity in Conduct Rules; 2.2 Reasons and Subjectivity in Decision Rules; 3 |
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The Normative Guidance Underlying the Criminal Law3.1 Constituent Elements and the Limits of Moral Guidance; 3.2 From Constituent Elements to Constituent Rights; 3.3 Positive Normative Guidance for Posited Rights; 3.4 The Criminal Law""s Underlying Conduct Rule System; Part III: Translating Theory into Doctrine; 4; The Theoretical Framework of Rationale-Based Defences; 4.1 Rationale-Based Defences and the Conduct Rule/Decision Rule Distinction; 4.2 The Normative Content of Justifications; 4.3 Do Rationale-Based Excuses Have Normative Content? |
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4.4 The Normative Content of the Non-paradigmatic Necessity Justification4.5 In Summary; 5; The Contours of Paradigmatic Justifications; 5.1 The (Irrelevance of the) Framing of a Paradigmatic Justification; 5.2 The Scope of the Paradigm Justification; 5.3 Partial Justifications?; 5.4 Collateral and Accidental Harm; 5.5 The Unjustifiable; 6; Rationale-Based Excuses; 6.1 Why Rationale-Based Excuses Excuse; 6.2 Bootstrapping -- 6.3 The Flexibility of Rationale-Based Excuses; 7; Supervening Justificatory Necessity; 7.1 Disambiguation; 7.2 The Defence We Expect |
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7.3 Exculpation in Lesser Evils Necessity7.4 Justificatory Supervening Necessity and Paradigmatic Justifications; 7.5 Liability Outcomes in Cases of Potential Necessity; 8; Mapping the Model""s Implications; 8.1 The Tragic and the Fortuitous; 8.2 Implications for Persons Contemplating Defensive Action; 8.3 Implications for Persons Suffering Defensive Action; 8.4 Implications for Third Parties; 8.5 Implications for the State; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Justification (Law)
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Justification (Law)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781509902972 |
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150990297X |
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