The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal LawJohn Deigh, David Dolinko First work of its kind (i.e., a handbook of authoritative, original essays) in the philosophy of criminal law The book covers a wide variety of topics including criminalization of obscenity and hate speech, the insanity defense, pleas of self-defense by battered women, the death penalty, and clemency. 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. Readership: Philosophers who specialize in legal philosophy, moral philosophy, or political philosophy; Criminal Law theorists and scholars; Criminologists; and Philosophy graduate students with interests in moral, political or legal philosophy. |
Contents
1 The Limits of the Criminal Law | 3 |
Hate Speech and Obscenity | 17 |
3 Blackmail | 37 |
4 The Alleged Act Requirement in Criminal Law | 107 |
5 Attempts | 125 |
6 The Philosophical Foundations of Complicity Law | 147 |
7 Causation in the Criminal Law | 168 |
8 Responsibility | 194 |
11 Duress | 269 |
12 Insanity Defenses | 299 |
13 Gender Issues in the Criminal Law | 335 |
14 Punishment | 403 |
15 The Death Penalty and Deontology | 441 |
16 Mercy | 467 |
17 Alternatives to Punishment | 493 |
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