The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 4: Harmless Wrongdoing
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:2nd Aug '90
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This is the fourth and final volume of Feinberg's magisterial work, The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law. In it Feinberg examines the philosophical basis for the criminalization of so-called `victimless crimes' such as pornography and consensual sexual activity. The first three volumes of the work, Harm to Others, Offense to Others, and Harm to Self, are also available in paperback.
`It is comprehensive, systematic, argued with a rigour and scrupulousness unmatched, let alone surpassed, in any comparable study.' Times Literary Supplement
`the most comprehensive and fully argued liberal treatment of the moral limits of the criminal law yet to be produced' Times Higher Education Supplement
'full of detail and careful argument ... a very subtle and nuanced book ... The work is wide-ranging, and has value for those with interests in social philosophy and ethics as well as philosophers of law.' Joel J. Kupperman, University of Connecticut, Mind, Vol. 101, No. 401, Jan 1992
ISBN: 9780195064704
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
Weight: 608g
416 pages