Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

This is the first comprehensive handbook in the philosophy of criminal law.

List of contents

• Preface


• 1. The Limits of the Criminal Law


• 2. Criminalizing Expression: Hate Speech and Obscenity


• 3 Blackmail


• 4. An Alleged Act Requirement in the Criminal Law


• 5. Attempts


• 6. The Philosophical Foundations of Complicity Law


• 7. Causation in the Criminal Law


• 8. Responsibility


• 9. Culpability


• 10. Justification and Excuse


• 11. Duress


• 12. Insanity Defense


• 13. Gender Issues in the Criminal Law


• 14. Punishment


• 15. The Death Penalty and Deontology


• 16. Mercy


• 17. Alternatives to Punishment


• Index

About the author

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.

Summary

This is the first comprehensive handbook in the philosophy of criminal law.

Additional text

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law contains some excellent essays, written by scholars of deservedly international reputations.

Product details

• Authors: John Deigh, Deigh John
• Assisted by: John Deigh (Editor), David Dolinko (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780190074241
• ISBN: 978-0-19-007424-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Oxford Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Jurisprudence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues, Criminal law: procedure and offences