| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 525 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks in Philosophy |
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Oxford handbooks in philosophy.
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| Contents |
The limits of the criminal law / Gerald Dworkin -- Criminalizing expression : hate speech and obscenity / L.W. Sumner -- Blackmail / Mitchell N. Berman -- An alleged act requirement in criminal law / Douglas Husak -- Attempts / Andrew Ashworth -- The philosophical foundations of complicity law / Christopher Kutz -- Causation in the criminal law / Michael Moore -- Responsibility / John Deigh -- Culpability / Larry Alexander -- Justification and excuse / Kimberly Ferzan -- Duress / Joshua Dressler -- Insanity defenses / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Ken Levy -- Gender issues in the criminal law / Marcia Baron -- Punishment / David Dolinko -- The death penalty and deontology / Carol Steiker -- Mercy / R.A. Duff -- Alternatives to punishment / Stephen P. Garvey |
| Summary |
This title contains 17 original essays by leading thinkers in the field and covers the field's major topics including limits to criminalization, obscenity and hate speech, blackmail, the law of rape, attempts, accomplice liability, causation responsibility, justification and excuse, duress, and more |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal law -- Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Deigh, John.
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Dolinko, David.
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| ISBN |
9780199897506 (ebook) |
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(cloth ; alk. paper) |
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(cloth ; alk. paper) |
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