This is the first comprehensive handbook in the philosophy of criminal law. This is the first comprehensive handbook in the philosophy of criminal law. It contains seventeen original essays by leading thinkers in the field and covers the field's major topics including limits to criminalization, obscenity andhate speech, blackmail, the law of rape, attempts, accomplice liability, causation, responsibility, justification and excuse, duress, provocation and self-defense, insanity, punishment, the death penalty, mercy, and preventive detention and otheralternatives to punishment. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students whose research and studies concern philosophical issues in criminal law and criminal law theory. INDICE: Preface The Limits of the Criminal Law Criminalizing Expression: Hate Speech and Obscenity Blackmail An Alleged Act Requirement in the Criminal Law Attempts The Philosophical Foundations of Complicity Law Causation in the Criminal Law Responsibility Culpability Justification and Excuse Duress Insanity Defense Gender Issues in the Criminal Law Punishment The Death Penalty and Deontology Mercy Alternatives to Punishment Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-531485-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 560
- Fecha Publicación: 22/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés