Punishment and Responsibility Essays in the Philosophy of Law

Name: Punishment and Responsibility Essays in the Philosophy of Law
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ISBN: 9780199534784

ISBN-10: 0199534780

ISBN-13: 9780199534784

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: H. L. A. Hart, John Gardner

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This classic collection of essays, first published in 1968, has had an enduring impact on academic and public debates about criminal responsibility and criminal punishment. Forty years on, its arguments are as powerful as ever. H.L.A. Hart offers an alternative to retributive thinking aboutcriminal punishment that nevertheless preserves the central distinction between guilt and innocence. He also provides an account of criminal responsibility that links the distinction between guilt and innocence closely to the ideal of the rule of law, and thereby attempts to by-pass unnervingdebates about free will and determinism. Always engaged with live issues of law and public policy, Hart makes…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 315
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.902



Introduction




Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment



Legal Responsibility and Excuses



Murder and the Principles of Punishment: England and the United States



Acts of Will and Responsibility



Intention and Punishment



Negligence, Mens Rea, and Criminal Responsibility



Punishment and the Elimination of Responsibility



Changing Conceptions of Responsibility



Postscript: Responsibility and Retribution


Notes


Appendix


Index