| Excusing Crime Contributor(s): Horder, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198264828 ISBN-13: 9780198264828 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: When should someone who may have intentionally or knowingly committed criminal wrongdoing be excused? Excusing Crime examines what excusing conditions are, and why familiar excuses, such as duress, are thought to fulfil those conditions. Setting himself against the 'classical' view of excuses, which has a long heritage, and is enshrined in different forms in many of the world's criminal codes, both liberal and non-liberal; Jeremy Horder argues that it is now time to move forwards. He contends that a wider range of excuses--'diminished capacity', 'due diligence' and 'demands of conscience'--should be recognised in law. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General - Law | Criminal Procedure |
| Dewey: 345.410 |
| LCCN: 2004558832 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.36 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When should someone who may have intentionally or knowingly committed criminal wrongdoing be excused? Excusing Crime examines what excusing conditions are, and why familiar excuses, such as duress, are thought to fulfil those conditions. Setting himself against the 'classical' view of excuses, which has a long heritage, and is enshrined in different forms in many of the world's criminal codes, both liberal and non-liberal; Jeremy Horder argues that it is now time to move forwards. He contends that a wider range of excuses--'diminished capacity', 'due diligence' and 'demands of conscience'--should be recognised in law. |