Excusing Crime

ISBN-13: 9780198264828 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 316 str.

Jeremy Horder

Opis

When should someone who may have intentionally or knowingly committed criminal wrongdoing be excused? Excusing Crime examines what excusing conditions are, and why familiar excuses, such as duress, are thought to fulfil those conditions. Setting himself against the 'classical' view of excuses, which has a long heritage, and is enshrined in different forms in many of the world's criminal codes, both liberal and non-liberal; Jeremy Horder argues that it is now time to move forwards. He contends that a wider range of excuses--'diminished capacity', 'due diligence' and 'demands of conscience'--should be recognised in law.

Recenzje

The rewards for engaging with Horder are well worth the effort, enabling the reader to come to terms with the theoretical bases, and the social and political influences affecting the recognition and development of criminal excuses.

O autorze

Jeremy Horder is Law Commissioner for England and Wales; and Professor of Criminal Law, Porjes Trust Fellow, Worcester College, University of Oxford