Overview

This volume collects 17 of Douglas Husak's influential essays in criminal law theory. The essays span Husak's original and provocative contributions to the major topics in the field, including the grounds of criminal liability, the significance of culpability, the role of defences, and the justification of punishment. The volume includes an extended introduction by the author, drawing together the themes of his work and exploring the goals of criminal theory.Together, the essays present a desert-based analysis of issues in criminal theory that rejects the consequentialist approach more familiar among legal scholars. The foremost concern of these essays is to ensure that the principles and doctrines of the criminal law preserve justice and do not sacrifice individuals for the common welfare. Engagingly written, the essays are accessible to non-specialists and represent an excellent introduction to current issues and debates in the theory of criminal law.

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Author:   Douglas Husak (Professor of Philosophy and Law at Rutgers University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.858kg
ISBN:  

9780199585038

ISBN 10:   0199585032
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   18 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Reflections On Criminal Theory I Criminal Liability 1: Does Criminal Liability Require an Act? 2: Motive and Criminal Liability 3: The Costs to Criminal Theory of Supposing that Intentions are Irrelevant to Permissibility 4: Transferred Intent 5: The Nature and Justifiability of Nonconsummate Offenses 6: Strict Liability, Justice, and Proportionality II Degrees of Culpability 7: The Sequential Principle of Relative Culpability 8: Wilful Ignorance, Knowledge, and the 'Equal Culpability' Thesis: A Study of the Deeper Significance of the Principle of Legality 9: Rapes Without Rapists: Consent and Reasonable Mistake 10: Mistake of Law and Culpability III Defences 11: On the Supposed Priority of Justification to Excuse 12: Partial Defenses 13: The 'But Everybody Does That!' Defense 14: The De Minimis 'Defense' to Criminal Liability IV Punishment and Its Justification 15: Why Punish the Deserving? 16: Malum Prohibitum and Retributivism 17: 'Already Punished Enough'

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I recommend a wide readership of this invaluable book among those interested in the foundational issues of criminal law. * Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman, New Criminal Law Review *

`I recommend a wide readership of this invaluable book among those interested in the foundational issues of criminal law.' Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman, New Criminal Law Review

I recommend a wide readership of this invaluable book among those interested in the foundational issues of criminal law. Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman, New Criminal Law Review

Author Information

Douglas Husak is Professor of Philosophy and Law at Rutgers University. He is a leading figure in the philosophy of criminal law and has written numerous journal articles and books, including Overcriminalisation, Legalize This! The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs, and The Legalization of Drugs.

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