The Structure and Limits of Criminal Law

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Contents: Introduction, Paul H. Robinson and Joshua Samuel Barton. Part I The Structure of Criminal Law: Should the criminal law abandon the actus reus-mens rea distinction?, Paul H. Robinson Imputed criminal liability, Paul H. Robinson General defences, Paul H. Robinson Distinguishing justifications from excuses, Kent Greenawalt A functional analysis of criminal law, Paul H. Robinson. Part II The Limits of Criminal Law: Offence Conduct: Immorality and treason, H.L.A. Hart The search for limits: law and morals, Herbert L. Packer The overreach of the criminal law, Norval Morris and Gordon Hawkins The collapse of the harm principle, Bernard E. Harcourt Rethinking the offense principle, A.P. Simester and Andrew Von Hirsch. Part III The Limits of Criminal Law: Offender Culpability: Strict liability in the criminal law, Richard A. Wasserstrom Crime and the Criminal Law: a review, H.L.A. Hart A strict accountability approach to criminal responsibility, Jay Campbell The decline of innocence, Sanford H. Kadish The theory of criminal negligence: a comparative analysis, George P. Fletcher The abolition of the special defense of insanity, Norval Morris Excusing crime, Sanford H. Kadish The utility of desert, Paul H. Robinson and John M. Darley Are we responsible for who we are? The challenge for criminal law theory in the defenses of coercive indoctrination and 'rotten social background', Paul H. Robinson. Name index.