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Justification defenses and just convictions
- Title
- Justification defenses and just convictions / Robert F. Schopp.
- Author
- Schopp, Robert F.
- Publication
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | KF9246 .S36 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 212 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Criminal offense definitions prohibit certain types of conduct and prescribe criminal punishment for those engaging in that conduct. Yet people sometimes violate those prohibitions in circumstances that render their conduct acceptable. Justification defenses provide legal devices that allow courts to exonerate those who violate criminal offense definitions in such circumstances. Such controversial cases as the use of force by battered women or the violation of trespass laws by those engaged in civil disobedience raise important questions about the proper scope and limits of justification defenses. The purpose of the book is to explain the function and limits of these defenses in a way that will enable the reader to apply them to difficult cases.
- The book extends the traditional scope of the legal and philosophical discussion of justification defenses. It integrates philosophical analysis with a consideration of contemporary applications, it shows how these defenses are key components of criminal law, and it explores the relationship between legal and moral justification.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
- Subject
- Justification (Law) > United States
- Self-defense (Law) > United States
- Judgments, Criminal > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
- Judgments, Criminal > Moral and ethical aspects
- Justification (Law)
- Self-defense (Law)
- Notwehr
- Noodweer
- Strafrechtelijke aansprakelijkheid
- Rechtvaardigingsgronden
- Justification (droit) > Etats-Unis
- Légitime défense > Etats-Unis
- Jugements criminels > Aspect moral > Etats-Unis
- Normes sociales > Etats-Unis
- United States
- USA
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Justification Defenses: The Issues -- 2. Justification Defenses and the Conventional Public Morality -- 3. Self-defense -- 4. Self-defense and Battered Women -- 5. Duress and Systemically Complete Mitigation -- 6. The Limits of Justification: Necessity and Nullification -- 7. Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0521622115
- 9780521622110
- LCCN
- 97026889
- OCLC
- ocm37180998
- 37180998
- SCSB-360787
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library