Harms and Culpability |
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| Editor:
| Simester, Andrew
Smith, A. T. H. |
| Series title: | Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-826057-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $314.55AUD $401.00 |
Book Description:
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The present volume draws together original and significant essays from a number of leading authorities which identify areas of the modern criminal law where there are significant conceptual difficulties. The project developed from a series of seminars in Cambridge University, in which leading Anglo-American philosophers, criminal lawyers and legal theorists explored subjects such as attempts, intention, justification, excuses, coercion, complicity, drug-dealing and criminal harm. The...
More DescriptionThe present volume draws together original and significant essays from a number of leading authorities which identify areas of the modern criminal law where there are significant conceptual difficulties. The project developed from a series of seminars in Cambridge University, in which leading Anglo-American philosophers, criminal lawyers and legal theorists explored subjects such as attempts, intention, justification, excuses, coercion, complicity, drug-dealing and criminal harm. The topics covered in this impressive collection were chosen for their topicality as well as their theoretical and practical significance.