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Judging evil : rethinking the law of murder and manslaughter /
Why do killers deserve punishment? How should the law decide? These are the questions Samuel H. Pillsbury seeks to answer in this important new book on the theory and practice of criminal responsibility. In an argument both traditional and fresh, Pillsbury holds that persons deserve punishment accor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why do killers deserve punishment? How should the law decide? These are the questions Samuel H. Pillsbury seeks to answer in this important new book on the theory and practice of criminal responsibility. In an argument both traditional and fresh, Pillsbury holds that persons deserve punishment according to the evil they choose to do, regardless of their psychological capacities. Using real case examples, he offers concrete proposals for legal reform, urging that modern preoccupations with subjective aspects of wrongdoing be replaced with rules that focus more on the individual's motives. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585424861 9780585424866 9780814766651 081476665X 9780814768167 0814768164 |