The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law - Vol.1 : Harm to Others

This book focuses on the 'harm principle', the common-sense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal legislation, and presents a detailed analysis of the concept and definition of harm, which it applies to a host of practical and theoretical issues.

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• Authors: Joel Feinberg, Joel (Professor of Philosophy Feinberg, Feinberg Joel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.1987
• EAN: 9780195046649
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504664-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Moral Limits of the Criminal Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / Criminal Law / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Criminal law & procedure, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law