General defences in criminal law : domestic and comparative perspectives /

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Group Author: Reed, Alan (Matthew Alan) (Editor); Bohlander, Michael, 1962- (Editor); Wake, Nicola (Editor); Smith, Emma (Editor)
Published: Ashgate,
Publisher Address: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Substantive issues in criminal law
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Carrier Form: x, 350 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781472433350 (hbk) :
Index Number: KD8358
CLC: D956.152
Call Number: D956.152/G326
Contents: How criminal defences work / William Wilson -- Avoiding criminal liability and excessive punishment for persons who lack culpability : what can and should be done? / Bob Sullivan -- Prior fault : blocking defences or constructing crimes / J.J. Child -- Transfer of defences / Michael Bohlander -- Consent in the criminal law : the importance of relationality and responsibility / Jonathan Herring -- Good and harm, excuses, and justifications, and the moral narratives of necessity / Susan Edwards -- Duress and normative moral excuse : comparative standardisations and the ambit of affirmative defences / Alan Reed -- Of blurred boundaries and prior fault : insanity, automatism, and intoxication / Arlie Loughnan and Nicola Wake -- Mistaken private defence : the case for reform / Claire de Than and Jesse Elvin -- Statutory defences of reasonableness : inexcusable uncertainty or reasonable pragmatism / Christopher J. Newman.