Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
Series |
Routledge revivals |
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International library of essays in law and legal theory. Second series |
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Routledge revivals.
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International library of essays in law and legal theory. Second series.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowlegements; Preface; Introducion; Part I: Jurisprudential Issues; 1 A Functional Analysis of Criminal Law; 2 Desert, Punishment and Criminal Reponisbility; 3 Crime, Punishment, and " Pale Criminality"; 4 The Feminist Challange in Criminal Law; 5 An Economic Analysis of Threats and Their Illegality: Blackmail, Extortion, and Robbery; Part II: Doctrinal Issues: The Limits of Responsibility; 6 Wilful Ignorance, Knowledge and the Equal Culpabilty Thesis: A Study of the Deeper Significance of the Principle of Legality |
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7 Ignorance of Law is An Excuse -- But only for the Virtuous8 Exegesis of the Law of Duress: Justifying the Excuse and Searching for its Proper Limits; 9 A Theory of Necessity; Part III: Punishment; 10 Torture and Plea Bargaining; 11 The Utility of Desert; 12 Social Influence, Social Meaning and Deterrence; Index |
Notes |
"First published 2000 by Dartmouth Publishing Company and Ashgate Publishing." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 21, 2018) |
Subject |
Criminal law -- Philosophy
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Criminal law -- Philosophy
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Morawetz, Thomas, 1942- editor.
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ISBN |
9781315189437 |
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1315189437 |
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