Crimes, harms, and wrongs
on the principles of criminalisation
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Author
Contributions
- Von Hirsch, Andrew - Contributor
Publication
2011 - Hart Pub., Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
59,250 words, Guess
Page Count
237 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25087914M
- ISBN-139781841139401
- ISBN-101841139408
- OCLC Control Number738381015
- OCLC Control Number780425689
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2011293119
Classifications
- LCCK5018 .S574 2011
- LCCK5018
- LCCK5018 .S56 2011x
Description
"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 state prohibition, including an analysis of the constraints and mediating factors that weigh for and against criminalisation. Both authors have written extensively in the field. In Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs they have reworked a number of well-known essays and added several important new essays to produce an integrated, accessible, philosophically-sophisticated account that will be of great interest to legal academics, philosophers, and advanced students alike"--Provided by publisher.
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