The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 1: Harm to Others
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:20th Aug '87
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This book focuses on the 'harm principle', the common-sense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal legislation, and presents a detailed analysis of the concept and definition of harm, which it applies to a host of practical and theoretical issues.
'Joel Feinberg is a political and social philosopher of major importance ... Virtually everyone who has written about legal and moral responsibility during the past fifteen years owes him a considerable debt.' Harvard Law Review
ISBN: 9780195046649
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 21mm
Weight: 458g
288 pages