Criminal Responsibility and Partial Excuses

by George Mousourakis

Published in 1998, this book examines the relationship between responsibility and criminal liability through an analysis of provocation and related criminal defences. It begins by identifying fundamental questions about the role of justifications and excuses in the criminal law as they emerge from the discussion of philosophical theories of responsibility. Following an outline of the distinction between murder and manslaughter and its history, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138613452
• ISBN13: 9781138613454
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.5"