John Gardner

Offences and Defences

Selected Essays in the Philosophy of Criminal Law

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Produktbeschreibung

This selection of John Gardner's influential pieces in criminal law theory tackles persistent, troublesome questions including: Which wrongs should be crimes and why? Should crimes ever be excused, and if so on what basis? What are the conditions of criminal responsibility, and how do they relate to conditions of moral responsibility?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 146mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780199239351
• ISBN-10: 0199239355
• Artikelnr.: 23571400

Autorenporträt

John Gardner is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of University College, Oxford. He has held visiting positions at Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, the Australian National University, the University of Texas, and Princeton University. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals including the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of International Criminal Justice. Qualified as a Barrister in England & Wales, he has been a Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple since 2003.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1: The Wrongness of Rape
2: Rationality and the Rule of Law in Offences Against the Person
3: Complicity and Causality
4: In Defence of Defences
5: Justifications and Reasons
6: The Gist of Excuses
7: Fletcher on Offences and Defences
8: Provocation and Pluralism
9: The Mark of Responsibility
10: The Functions and Justifications of Criminal Law and Punishment
11: Crime: in Proportion and in Perspective
12: Reply to Critics
Index