Title: The Oxford handbook of philosophy of criminal law /
Authors: Deigh, John.; Dolinko, David
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Criminal law Philosophy
Abstract: This title contains 17 original essays by leading thinkers in the field and covers the field's major topics including limits to criminalization, obscenity and hate speech, blackmail, the law of rape, attempts, accomplice liability, causation responsibility, justification and excuse, duress, and more.
Contents: The limits of the criminal law / Gerald Dworkin -- Criminalizing expression : hate speech and obscenity / L. W. Sumner -- Blackmail / Mitchell Berman -- An alleged act requirement in the criminal law / Douglas Husak -- Attempts / Andrew Ashworth -- The philosophical foundations of complicity law / Christopher Kutz -- Causation in the criminal law / Michael Moore -- Responsibility / John Deigh -- Culpability / Larry Alexander -- Justification and excuse / Kimberly Kessler Ferzan -- Duress / Joshua Dressler -- Insanity defense / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Ken Levy -- Gender issues in the criminal law / Marcia Baron -- Punishment / David Dolinko -- The death penalty and deontology / Carol Steiker -- Mercy / R. A. Duff -- Alternatives to punishment / Stephen P. Garvey.