Appraising strict liability
Simester
Simester, A. PContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2005.
This book of essays, including Anglo-American and European perspectives, considers strict liability in criminal law: that is, the problem of criminal offences that allow a defendant to be convicted without proof of fault.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book of essays, including Anglo-American and European perspectives, considers strict liability in criminal law: that is, the problem of criminal offences that allow a defendant to be convicted without proof of fault.
Description based on print version record.
Six senses of strict liability : a plea for formalism / Stuart P. Green -- Is strict liability always wrong? / A.P. Simester -- Wrongs and faults / John Gardner -- Strict liability, justice, and proportionality / Douglas Husak -- Whose values should determine when liability is strict? / Jeremy Horder -- Strict liability, legal presumptions, and the presumption of innocence / R.A. Duff -- Strict liability and the presumption of innocence : an exposé of functionalist assumptions / Paul Roberts -- Strict liability for criminal offences in England and Wales following incorporation into English law of the European Convention on Human Rights / G.R. Sullivan -- Imposing constitutional limits on strict liability : lessons from the American experience / Alan C. Michaels -- Approaches to strict and constructive liability in continental criminal law / John R. Spencer and Antje Pedain.
Criminal liability
Strict liability
Law, General & Comparative
Law, Politics & Government