Offences and defences
Subtitle: selected essays in the philosophy of criminal law
By: John Gardner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780199239351; 9780199239368
Subjects: Criminal law -- Philosophy; Justification (Law); Criminal liability
Notes: Includes index
Table of contents: title: The wrongness of rape; title: Rationality and the rule of law in offences against the person; title: Complicity and causality; title: In defence of defences; title: Justifications and reasons; title: The gist of excuses; title: Fletcher on offences and defences; title: Provocation and pluralism; title: The mark of responsibility; title: The functions and justifications of criminal law and punishment; title: Crime : in proportion and in perspective; title: Reply to critics