Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law - The Legacy of Glanville Williams

Fourteen essays on major theoretical issues in contemporary criminal law and medical law ethics.

List of contents

1. Glanville Llewelyn Williams, 1911-97: a biographical note Peter Glazebrook; 2. Glanville's inspiration George P. Fletcher; 3. Preventive orders and the rule of law Andrew Ashworth; 4. The specialness of the general part of the criminal law Michael S. Moore; 5. Four distinctions that Glanville Williams did not make: the practical benefits of examining the interrelation among criminal law doctrines Paul H. Robinson; 6. Reflections on Dudley and Stephens and killing the innocent: taking a wrong conceptual path Joshua Dressler; 7. Intention revisited Antony Duff; 8. A disintegrated theory of culpability Andrew Simester; 9. Sir Michael Foster, Professor Williams and complicity in murder Sir Roger Toulson; 10. Mental disorder and sexual consent: Williams and after John Stanton-Ife; 11. Williams v. Kamisar on euthanasia: a classic debate revisited John Keown; 12. The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world Penney Lewis; 13. The duty to preserve life and its limits in English criminal law Antje du Bois-Pedain; 14. Professing criminal law A. T. H. Smith.

About the author

Dennis Baker is a lecturer in law at King's College London.Jeremy Horder is Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law at King's College London.

Summary

Professor Glanville Williams was one of the greatest academic lawyers of the twentieth century. A group of leading criminal law theorists and medical law ethicists have re-examined his work in order to produce this collection of provocative essays on the sanctity of life and criminal law.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis J. (King''''s College London) Horder Baker, Dennis J. Horder Baker
• Assisted by: Dennis J. Baker (Editor), Dennis J. (King's College London) Baker (Editor), Baker Dennis J. (Editor), Jeremy Horder (Editor), Jeremy (King's College London) Horder (Editor), Horder Jeremy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107536241
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53624-1
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, MEDICAL / Ethics, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Medical & healthcare law, Criminal justice law, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medical and healthcare law