Action and Value in Criminal Law

Edited by Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder

Criminal law has been described as a species of political and moral philosophy; whether that can be said to be true is not at all certain, but ...

Written by top academic criminal lawyers in the UK, USA, and Canada

Action and Value in Criminal Law

Edited by Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder

Clarendon Press

Description

Criminal law has been described as a species of political and moral philosophy; whether that can be said to be true is not at all certain, but criminal law can be the subject of philosophical study. The aim of this book is to explore some of the philosophical foundations of the criminal law. The distinguished English and North American contributors to this volume have all produced original and sparkling essays which will command attention.

Written by top academic criminal lawyers in the UK, USA, and Canada

Action and Value in Criminal Law

Edited by Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder

Clarendon Press

Introduction: The Logic of Criminal Law, Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder
1: Agency and Welfare in the Penal Law, Alan Brudner
2: Acting, Trying, and Criminal Liability, R.A. Duff
3: On What's Intentionally Done, Jennifer Hornsby
4: Taking the Consequences, Andrew Ashworth
5: Foreseeing Harm Opaquely, Michael S. Moore
6: Culpability and Mistake of Law, Douglas Husak and Andrew von Hirsch
7: The Nature of Justification, George P. Fletcher
8: Should the Criminal Law Abandon the Actus Reus/Mens Rea Distinction?, Paul H. Robinson
9: Subjectivism and Objectivism: Towards Synthesis, Richard H.S. Tur
10: Diminished Capacity, Stephen J. Morse
11: Value, Action, Mental Illness, and the Law, K.W.M. Fulford

Written by top academic criminal lawyers in the UK, USA, and Canada

Action and Value in Criminal Law

Edited by Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder

Clarendon Press

Author Information

Edited by Stephen Shute, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham, John Gardner, Fellow and Tutor in Law, Brasenose College, Oxford, and Jeremy Horder, Fellow and Tutor in Law, Worcester College, Oxford

Written by top academic criminal lawyers in the UK, USA, and Canada

Action and Value in Criminal Law

Edited by Stephen Shute, John Gardner, and Jeremy Horder

Clarendon Press

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`a handsome volume, with an unusually critical prologue (to which readers in search of a longer review might turn) ... This is a collection to use' Cambridge Law Journal -