The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

by Deigh, John; Dolinko, David

• ISBN13: 9780195314854
• ISBN10: 0195314859
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 detention and other alternatives to punishment. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students whose research and studies concern philosophical issues in criminal law and criminal law theory.

Author Biography

John Deigh is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of three books, The Sources of Moral Agency , Emotions, Values, and the Law , and An Introduction to Ethics. He was the editor of Ethicsfrom 1997 to 2008.

David Dolinko is Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests focus on the philosophical underpinnings of criminal law. He has published articles on retributivism, capital punishment, and the privilege against self-incrimination.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
The Limits of the Criminal Law	p. 3
Criminalizing Expression: Hate Speech and Obscenity	p. 17
Blackmail	p. 37
The Alleged Act Requirement in Criminal Law	p. 107
Attempts	p. 125
The Philosophical Foundations of Complicity Law	p. 147
Causation in the Criminal Law	p. 168
Responsibility	p. 194
Culpability	p. 218
Justification and Excuse	p. 239
Duress	p. 269
Insanity Defenses	p. 299
Gender Issues in the Criminal Law	p. 335
Punishment	p. 403
The Death Penalty and Deontology	p. 441
Mercy	p. 467
Alternatives to Punishment	p. 493
Name Index	p. 521
Subject Index	p. 523
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