Appraising strict liability
By: edited by A.P. Simester.
Contributors: Simester, A. P.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Criminal liability; Strict liability
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Six senses of strict liability : a plea for formalism / Stuart P. Green; title: Is strict liability always wrong? / A.P. Simester; title: Wrongs and faults / John Gardner; title: Strict liability, justice, and proportionality / Douglas Husak; title: Whose values should determine when liability is strict? / Jeremy Horder; title: Strict liability, legal presumptions, and the presumption of innocence / R.A. Duff; title: Strict liability and the presumption of innocence : an exposé of functionalist assumptions / Paul Roberts; title: Strict liability for criminal offences in England and Wales following incorporation into English law of the European Convention on Human Rights / G.R. Sullivan; title: Imposing constitutional limits on strict liability : lessons from the American experience / Alan C. Michaels; title: Approaches to strict and constructive liability in continental criminal law / John R. Spencer and Antje Pedain.