Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs : On the Principles of Criminalisation


Andrew. Simester
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Utgitt
Oxford : : Hart Publishing Limited, , 2011.
Omfang
1 online resource (258 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Prelims; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Part I. Criminalisation and Wrongdoing; Chapter 1. The Nature of Criminalisation; Chapter 2. Wrongfulness and Reasons; Part II. Harm; Chapter 3. Crossing the Harm Threshold; Chapter 4. Remote Harms: the Need for an Extended Harm Principle; Chapter 5. On the Imputation of Remote Harms; Part III. Offence; Chapter 6. Rethinking the Offence Principle; Chapter 7. The Distinctiveness of the Offence Principle; Chapter 8. Mediating Principles for Offensive Conduct; Part IV. Paternalism. - Chapter 9. Reflections on Paternalistic ProhibitionsChapter 10. Some Varietes of Indirect Paternalism; Part V. Drawing Back from Criminal Law; Chapter 11. Mediating Considerations and Constraints; Chapter 12. Two-step Criminalisation; Index. - When should we make use of the criminal law? Suppose that a responsible legislature seeks to enact a morally justifiable range of criminal prohibitions. What criteria should it apply when deciding whether to proscribe conduct?Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs is a philosophical analysis of the nature, significance, and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope and moral boundaries of harm-based prohibitions, proscriptions of offensive behaviour, and 'paternalistic' prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm. Their aim is to develop guiding principles for these various grounds of
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9781841139401. - 9781849466998

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