Criminal responsibility
Tadros, VictorAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
This book provides an account of criminal responsibility. Part one provides an account of some of the underlying principles of criminal responsibility in the context of political theory. Part two uses insights to reconsider some of the central doctrines of criminal responsibility.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides an account of criminal responsibility. Part one provides an account of some of the underlying principles of criminal responsibility in the context of political theory. Part two uses insights to reconsider some of the central doctrines of criminal responsibility.
Description based on print version record.
The nature of responsibility -- Choice, character and capacity -- Communication and the character of criminal responsibility -- The structure of criminal responsibility -- Exemptions from criminal responsibility : natural, social and political -- The nature of causation -- Criminal omissions : culpability, responsibility and liberty -- The significance of intentions -- The ethics of belief -- Reality and appearance in justification defences -- The characters of excuse -- Excusing the mentally disordered -- Shifting standards and criminal responsibility.
Criminal liability
Criminal law
Law, General & Comparative
Law, Politics & Government