Intention in Law and Philosophy

Sommario

1. The Intention Project, Ngaire Naffine, Rosemary Owens and John Williams. Part I: The Philosophy of Intention. 2. How Decision Theory Illuminates Assignments of Moral Responsibility, Frank Jackson. 3. Irresistible Impulse, Michael Smith. 4. Intention and Agency, Grant Gillett. Part II: Intention and Individual Responsibility. 5. Negotiating Intentions in Trials of Guilt and Punishment, Ian D Leader-Elliott. 6. Intention in the Law of Murder, Sir Anthony Mason. 7. Mens Rea in Tort Law, Peter Cane. 8. Tales of Intention: Storytelling and the Rhetoricity of Judgment, Sandra Berns. 9. Intention: Meaning in Relation. 10. Intention to Contract: Public Act of Private Sentiment, Margaret Thornton. Part III: Intention and the Collective. 11. Collective Intentions, Philip Pettit. 12. Bad Faith and Bad Intentions in Corporate Law, Suzanne Corcoran. 13. Postulated Authors and Hypothetical Intentions, Natalie Stoljar. 14. Legislative Intent and Democratic Decision Making, Tom Campbell. 15. Constitutional Intention: The Limits of Originalism, John Williams. Part IV: Beyond Intention? 16. Intention Versus Reactive Fault, John Braithwaite.

Info autore

Ngaire Naffine, University of Adelaide, Australia Rosemary Owens, University of Adelaide, Australia John Williams, University of Adelaide, Australia

Riassunto

This title was first published in 2001. This book connects the common interests of lawyers and philosophers in the meaning of intention and its relation to responsibility in legal, moral and political contexts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: NAFFINE, Ngaire Naffine, Ngaire (University of Adelaide) Naffine, Ngaire (University of Adelaide) Owens Naffine, Ngaire Owens Naffine, Reader in Law Rosemary Owens, Rosemary Owens, Owens Rosemary
• Con la collaborazione di: Ngaire Naffine (Editore), Rosemary Owens (Editore), John Williams (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138734654
• ISBN: 978-1-138-73465-4
• Pagine: 392
• Serie: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LAW / General, Philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law