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`The rewards for engaging with Horder are well worth the effort, enabling the reader to come to terms with the theoretical bases, and the social and political influences affecting the recognition and development of criminal excuses.' Stanley Yeo, Criminal Law Journal
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When should someone who may have intentionally or knowingly committed criminal wrongdoing be excused? Excusing Crime examines what excusing conditions are, and why familiar excuses, such as duress, are thought to fulfil those conditions. The 'classical' view of excuses sees them as rational defects (such as mistake) in the motive force behind an action, but contrasts them with 'denials of responsibility', such as insanity, where the rational defect in that motive force is attributable to a mental defect in the agent him- or herself. This classical view of excuses has a long heritage, and is enshrined in different forms in many of the world's criminal codes, both liberal and non-liberal; however, in this book, Jeremy Horder contends that it is now time to move beyond it. Horder develops a 'liberal' account of excuses, arguing that the 'classical' distinction between rational defects and 'denials of responsibility' is too sharp, and also that the classical view of excuses is too narrow. He contends that it can be right to treat claims as excusatory even if they rely on a combination of elements of rational defect in the motive force behind the action, even if that defect is in part attributable to a mental deficiency in the agent him or herself ('diminished capacity'). Further, he argues that there can be a sound case for excuse even when people can give full rational assent to their actions, such as when they could not reasonably have been expected to do more than what they did to avoid committing wrongdoing ('due diligence'), or, more rarely, when their conscience understandably left them with no moral freedom to do other than commit the wrong ('demands-of-conscience').
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`The rewards for engaging with Horder are well worth the effort, enabling the reader to come to terms with the theoretical bases, and the social and political influences affecting the recognition and development of criminal excuses.' Stanley Yeo, Criminal Law Journal
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When should someone who may have intentionally or knowingly committed criminal wrongdoing be excused? Excusing Crime examines what excusing conditions are, and why familiar excuses, such as duress, are thought to fulfil those conditions. The 'classical' view of excuses sees them as rational defects (such as mistake) in the motive force behind an action, but contrasts them with 'denials of responsibility', such as insanity, where the rational defect in that motive force is attributable to a mental defect in the agent him- or herself. This classical view of excuses has a long heritage, and is enshrined in different forms in many of the world's criminal codes, both liberal and non-liberal; however, in this book, Jeremy Horder contends that it is now time to move beyond it. Horder develops a 'liberal' account of excuses, arguing that the 'classical' distinction between rational defects and 'denials of responsibility' is too sharp, and also that the classical view of excuses is too narrow. He contends that it can be right to treat claims as excusatory even if they rely on a combination of elements of rational defect in the motive force behind the action, even if that defect is in part attributable to a mental deficiency in the agent him or herself ('diminished capacity'). Further, he argues that there can be a sound case for excuse even when people can give full rational assent to their actions, such as when they could not reasonably have been expected to do more than what they did to avoid committing wrongdoing ('due diligence'), or, more rarely, when their conscience understandably left them with no moral freedom to do other than commit the wrong ('demands-of-conscience').
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No criminal lawyer seriously entertains the proposition that a criminal law code should avoid making any space for excuses, whilst providing for justifications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
excusatory claim, favourable moral light, excusatory plea, defence ladder, diminished capacity cases, diminished capacity plea, phenomenological strength, provocation plea, diminished responsibility plea, predominantly ascriptive, provocation cases, diminished capacity defence, duress cases, excessive defence, diminished responsibility cases, common law values, facilitative rules, common law thinking, rational defect, diminished responsibility defence, partial excuse, determinative rules, regulatory crime, evaluative control, reasonable ignorance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jeremy Horder, Joseph Raz, Andrew Ashworth, Oxford University Press, Court of Appeal, House of Lords, Alan Norrie, Lord Hoffmann, Victor Tadros, Homicide Act, Alan Brudner, Model Penal Code, Nine Fallacies, Stephen Shute, Nichomachean Ethics, Irrelevance of Motive, Joshua Dressler, The Morality of Freedom, Education Act, European Convention, Ronald Dworkin, Placing Blame, Celia Wells, Criminal Lau, Glanville Williams New!
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No criminal lawyer seriously entertains the proposition that a criminal law code should avoid making any space for excuses, whilst providing for justifications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
excusatory claim, favourable moral light, excusatory plea, defence ladder, diminished capacity cases, diminished capacity plea, phenomenological strength, provocation plea, diminished responsibility plea, predominantly ascriptive, provocation cases, diminished capacity defence, duress cases, excessive defence, diminished responsibility cases, common law values, facilitative rules, common law thinking, rational defect, diminished responsibility defence, partial excuse, determinative rules, regulatory crime, evaluative control, reasonable ignorance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jeremy Horder, Joseph Raz, Andrew Ashworth, Oxford University Press, Court of Appeal, House of Lords, Alan Norrie, Lord Hoffmann, Victor Tadros, Homicide Act, Alan Brudner, Model Penal Code, Nine Fallacies, Stephen Shute, Nichomachean Ethics, Irrelevance of Motive, Joshua Dressler, The Morality of Freedom, Education Act, European Convention, Ronald Dworkin, Placing Blame, Celia Wells, Criminal Lau, Glanville Williams New!
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