The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

by John Deigh

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive handbook in the philosophy of criminal law. It contains seventeen original essays by leading thinkers in the field and covers the field's major topics including limits to criminalization, obscenity and hate speech, blackmail, the law of rape, attempts, accomplice liability, causation, responsibility, justification and excuse, duress, provocation and self-defense, insanity, punishment, the death penalty, mercy, and preventive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190074248
• ISBN13: 9780190074241
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"