Crime and culpability : a theory of criminal law / by Larry Alexander and Kimberly Kessler Ferzan with contributions by Stephen J. Morse.

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Alexander, Larry, 1943-

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TextSeries: Cambridge introductions to philosophy and lawPublication details: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781139129909
1139129902
9780511804595
0511804598
9781139134941
1139134949
1107191823
9781107191822
1283330431
9781283330435
9786613330437
6613330434
1139133837
9781139133838
0511504950
9780511504952
0511507097
9780511507090

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crime and culpability.DDC classification:

345/.001 22

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K5103 .A44 2009eb

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Contents:

Part One. Introduction : retributivism and the criminal law. Criminal law, punishment, and desert -- Part Two. The culpable choice. The essence of culpability : acts manifesting insufficient concern for the legally protected interests of others ; Negligence ; Defeaters of culpability -- Part Three. The culpable act. Only culpability, not resulting harm, affects desert ; When are inchoate crimes culpable and why? ; The locus of culpability -- Part Four. A proposed code. What a culpability-based criminal code might look like.

Summary: "This book presents a comprehensive overview of what the criminal law would look like if organised around the principle that those who deserve punishment should receive punishment commensurate with, but no greater than, that which they deserve. Larry Alexander and Kimberly Kessler Ferzan argue that desert is a function of the actor's culpability, and that culpability is a function of the risks of harm to protected interests that the actor believes he is imposing and his reasons for acting in the face of those risks. The authors deny that resultant harms, as well as unperceived risks, affect the actor's desert. They thus reject punishment for inadvertent negligence as well as for intentions or preparatory acts that are not risky. Alexander and Ferzan discuss the reasons for imposing risks that negate or mitigate culpability, the individuation of crimes, and omissions."--Provided by publisher

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	345.001 AL-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Checked out	25/03/2024	105123
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index.

"This book presents a comprehensive overview of what the criminal law would look like if organised around the principle that those who deserve punishment should receive punishment commensurate with, but no greater than, that which they deserve. Larry Alexander and Kimberly Kessler Ferzan argue that desert is a function of the actor's culpability, and that culpability is a function of the risks of harm to protected interests that the actor believes he is imposing and his reasons for acting in the face of those risks. The authors deny that resultant harms, as well as unperceived risks, affect the actor's desert. They thus reject punishment for inadvertent negligence as well as for intentions or preparatory acts that are not risky. Alexander and Ferzan discuss the reasons for imposing risks that negate or mitigate culpability, the individuation of crimes, and omissions."--Provided by publisher