Central Issues in Criminal Theory

Author: William Wilson
Published: December 1902
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 1841130621
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 300

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The book gives an account of the present state of criminal theory in an accessible style which will be welcomed by those embarking upon courses in advanced criminal law and criminal theory, and more generally by practitioners, teachers and scholars. This book offers an account of the present state of criminal theory in an accessible style, for students in advanced criminal law and criminal theory. The book first addresses the ethics of criminalization and punishment, then covers the structure of criminal liability and examines attempts and accessoryship, exploring contradictions in doctrine over justifications for criminalization and punishment. Wilson is a reader in criminal law at Queen Mary, University of London. The book is distributed in the US by ISBS.

Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Criminalising Wrongdoing 16
2 Punishing Wrongdoing 43
3 Criminal Wrongdoing: Acts and Omissions 77
4 Criminalising Wrongdoing: Voluntariness 103
5 Intention, Motives and Desert 129
6 Causing Harm 161
7 Attributing Liability to Secondary Parties 195
8 Criminal Attempts 225
9 Packaging Criminal Liability 259
10 Criminal Defences: Setting Limits to Justifications 293
11 Excusing Wrongdoing: Capacity and Virtue 325
Bibliography 363
Index 377

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