A collection of essays discussing Herbert Hart's writings on responsibility. The essays focus upon Hart's work on causation in the law and on the justification of punishment. Specific topics discussed include senses of 'responsibility', voluntariness, Mill's harm principle, mens rea, excuses, the Hart-Wootton debate, and negligence.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: C. Pulman
EAN: 9781137374424
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 3894 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-11-20
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GENRE: LAW / Reference, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Reference
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Ethics and moral philosophy
Larry Alexander, University of San Diego, USAKarin Boxer, Amherst College, USAArina Cocoru, New York University School of Law, USADouglas Husak, Rutgers University, USAMatthew H. Kramer, University of Cambridge, UKMatt Matravers, University of York, UKErasmus Mayr, University of Oxford, UKHelen Steward, University of Leeds, UKGideon Yaffe, Yale Law School, USA