{"product_id":"criminal-law-theory-doctrines-of-the-general-part-oxford-monographs-on-criminal-law-and-justice-9780199243495","title":"Criminal Law Theory Doctrines of the General Part Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by leading philosophers and lawyers from the United States and the United Kingdom, this collection of original essays offers new insights into a range of principles of criminality. It advances our understanding of such key issues as what amounts to a criminal act or omission, the state of mind of the perpetrator, and defences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays are philosophically sophisticated and tightly argued. * Legal Studies *\u003cbr\u003eThe combined efforts of these authors address some of the fundamental 'general part' debates that underlie the specific offences that make up the criminal law ... it does successfully take the reader beyond definitional questions of the specific type of offence to ask philosophical questions of the moral and social underpinnings of our conception of criminality, that have application in criminal practice. * Modern Law Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE ; PREFACE ; THE CONTRIBUTERS ; 1. On the General Part in Criminal Law ; 2. Limitations on Criminalization and the General Part of Criminal Law ; 3. Rule Violations and Wrongdoings ; 4. The Modern General Part: Three Illusions ; 5. Making Criminal Law Known ; 6. Criminal Liability for Omissions - An Inventory of Issues ; 7. Involuntary Crimes, Voluntarily Committed ; 8. Knowledge and Belief in the Criminal Law ; 9. Knowledge, Belief and Culpability ; 10. Recklessness and the Duty to Take Care ; 11. Battered Women Who Kill Their Sleeping Tormentors: Reflections on Maintaining Respect for Human Life While Killing Moral Monsters ; 12. Killing the Passive Abuser: A Theoretical Defence ; 13. Testing Fidelity to Legal Values: Official Involvement and Criminal Justice ; INDEX","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766985818455,"sku":"9780199243495","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199243495.jpg?v=1758711960","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/criminal-law-theory-doctrines-of-the-general-part-oxford-monographs-on-criminal-law-and-justice-9780199243495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}