| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 237 pages) |
| Contents |
PART I : CRIMINALISATION AND WRONGDOING: The nature of criminalisation -- Wrongfulness and reasons -- PART II : HARM: Crossing the harm threshold -- Remote harms : the need for an extended harm principle -- On the imputation of remote harms -- PART III : OFFENCE: Rethinking the Offence Principle -- The distinctiveness of the Offence Principle -- Mediating principles for offensive conduct -- PART IV : PATERNALISM: Reflections on paternalistic prohibitions -- Some varieties of indirect paternalism -- PART V : DRAWING BACK FROM CRIMINAL LAW: Mediating considerations and constraints -- Two-step criminalisation |
| Summary |
When should we make use of the criminal law? Suppose that a responsible legislature seeks to enact a morally justifiable range of criminal prohibitions. What criteria should it apply when deciding whether to proscribe conduct?Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs is a philosophical analysis of the nature, significance, and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope and moral boundaries of harm-based prohibitions, proscriptions of offensive behaviour, and 'paternalistic' prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm. Their aim is to develop guiding principles for these various grounds of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal law -- Philosophy
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Criminal law -- Moral and ethical aspects
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Criminal law -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Criminal law -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Von Hirsch, Andrew.
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| ISBN |
9781847316578 |
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1847316573 |
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9781472560964 |
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1472560965 |
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9781847317773 |
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1847317774 |
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