Excusing crime

The 'classical' view of excuses sees them as rational defects (such as mistake) in the motive force behind an action, but contrasts them with 'denials of responsibility', such as insanity, where the rational defect in that motive force is attributable to a mental defect in the ag...

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מחבר ראשי: Horder, Jeremy
מחברים אחרים: Jeremy Horder
שפה:Undetermined
English
יצא לאור: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2004
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Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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סיכום:The 'classical' view of excuses sees them as rational defects (such as mistake) in the motive force behind an action, but contrasts them with 'denials of responsibility', such as insanity, where the rational defect in that motive force is attributable to a mental defect in the agent him- or herself. The classical view has a long heritage, and is enshrined in different forms in many of the world's criminal codes, both liberal and non-liberal; however, in this book, Jeremy Horder contends that it is now time to move beyond it
תיאור פיזי:xx, 295 p.
24 cm
ISBN:0199225788
9780199225781