| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 322 pages) |
| Series |
Legal theory today |
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Legal theory today.
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| Contents |
Half title page; Title page; Title verso; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Introduction; I. The 'General Part' and the 'Special Part'; II. A Normative Theory of Criminal Law?; III. Answering for Crime; 1 Responsibility and Liability; 1.1. Responsibility and Liability; 1.2. Responsibility as Relational; 1.3. Prospective and Retrospective Responsibilities; 2 Criminally Responsible as What, to Whom?; 2.1. Who Can Be Responsible?; 2.2. As What Are We Criminally Responsible?; 3. Civic Criminal Responsibility; 3 Responsible For What? |
| Summary |
Suitable for criminal law theorists, this work offers a fresh perspective on the structures of criminal law and criminal liability. Its starting point is a distinction between responsibility (understood as answerability) and liability, and a conception of responsibility as relational and practice-based |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal law -- Philosophy
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Criminal liability.
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Criminal law & procedure.
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Criminal law -- Philosophy.
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Criminal liability.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847313928 |
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1847313922 |
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1847313868 |
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9781847313867 |
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9781281357168 |
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1281357162 |
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9786611357160 |
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6611357165 |
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9781472560155 |
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1472560159 |
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9781847317179 |
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1847317170 |
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