Overview
This book offers fresh perspectives on the role of addiction in prior fault culpability by integrating legal, psychological, neuroscientific and philosophical dimensions. Are intoxicated defendants responsible for harms they cause to persons and property when intoxicated? Should they be criminally liable for those harms, even if they act without intention or control? What if their intoxicated state is associated with addiction? Analysing the complex interactions between addiction, intoxication and law, prior fault is addressed from various jurisdictions including predominantly England and Wales, Scotland, and the Netherlands, while also incorporating multiple disciplines, thereby discussing prior fault structures from overarching, non-jurisdictional perspectives. These different disciplines and legal systems are not merely described but closely integrated through co-authored chapters, involving academics from different disciplinary fields and legal traditions. This collection is a thorough resource for students, academics, researchers, and practising lawyers who aim to deepen their understanding of the law's approach towards addiction and intoxication. Moreover, it illustrates the importance of a collaborative approach between different legal traditions and interdisciplinary scientific understanding, thereby laying the groundwork for future legal reforms, informed legal practice, and research.
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Author: Anna Goldberg (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) , Paloma Manguele (University of Sussex, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509981281
ISBN 10: 1509981284
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Manufactured on demand 
Table of Contents
1. Prior Fault, Intoxication and Addiction: An Introduction, Anna Goldberg (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) and Paloma Manguele (University of Sussex, UK) 2. Prior Fault Insanity and Diminished Responsibility: Comparing English and Dutch Approaches, John Child (University of Birmingham, UK) and Michiel van der Wolf (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) 3. A Penology of Prior Fault: Reflections on Penal Context, Aims and Opportunities, Gavin Dingwall (King’s College London, UK) 4. Bridging the Gap: The (In)Compatibility of Legal and Behavioural Perspectives on Prior Fault, Intoxication and Addiction, Anna Goldberg (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) and Nicholas Sinclair-House (University of Sussex, UK) 5. When Addiction Matters to the Criminal Law: Some Thoughts on the Voluntariness in Voluntary Intoxication, Hans Crombag (University of Sussex, UK) and Reinout Wiers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 6. Criminal Responsibility in Addiction, James Browning (University of Cambridge, UK) and Anna Goldberg (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) 7. Intoxication and Cognition: Implications for Criminal Law, Paloma Manguele and Kyriaki Nikolaou (University of Sussex, UK) 8. Addiction and Automatism, Claire Hogg (University College London, UK) 9. A Primrose Path Theory of Substance Use Disorder and Prior Fault, Gideon Yaffe (Yale University, USA)
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Anna Goldberg is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Paloma Manguele is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK, and Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique.
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