Crime and Culpability : A Theory of Criminal Law Hardback
by Larry (University of San Diego School of Law) Alexander, Kimberly Kessler (University of Pennsylvania Law School) Ferzan
Part of the Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law series
Hardback
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of what the criminal law would look like if organised around the principle that those who deserve punishment should receive punishment commensurate with, but no greater than, that which they deserve.
Larry Alexander and Kimberly Kessler Ferzan argue that desert is a function of the actor's culpability, and that culpability is a function of the risks of harm to protected interests that the actor believes he is imposing and his reasons for acting in the face of those risks.
The authors deny that resultant harms, as well as unperceived risks, affect the actor's desert.
They thus reject punishment for inadvertent negligence as well as for intentions or preparatory acts that are not risky.
Alexander and Ferzan discuss the reasons for imposing risks that negate or mitigate culpability, the individuation of crimes, and omissions.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/03/2009
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- ISBN:9780521518772
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/03/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521518772