The logic of consent : the diversity and deceptiveness of consent as a defense to criminal conduct /

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The Logic of Consent analyzes the varied nature of consent arguments in criminal law and examines the confusions that commonly arise from the failure of legislatures, courts and commentators to understand them. Peter Westen skillfully argues that the conceptual aspect accounts for a significant numb...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Westen, Peter, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Law, justice, and power.
Subjects:
Consent (Law) > United States.
Criminal liability > United States.
Defense (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Rape > United States.
Consentement (Droit) > États-Unis.
Défense (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Consent (Law)
Criminal liability
Defense (Criminal procedure)
Rape
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A core concept of consent: an attitude of factual acquiescence
  • An expression of factual acquiescence
  • Offenses to which consent is a defense
  • Prescriptive consent: an attitude or an expression?
  • Prescriptive attitudinal consent
  • Non-contemporaneous prescriptive consent
  • Imputed consent
  • The confusions of consent.

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