In Search of Criminal Responsibility: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions

by Nicola Lacey

Book Overview

What makes someone responsible for a crime and therefore liable tof punishment under the criminal law? Modern lawyers will quickly and easily point to the criminal law's requirement of concurrent actus reus and mens rea, doctrines of the criminal law which ensure that someone will only be found criminally responsible if they have committed criminal conduct while possessing capacities of understanding, awareness, and self-control at the time of offense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199248214
• ISBN13: 9780199248216
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"