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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796542103321

Autore

Kugler Itzhak

Titolo

Direct and oblique intention in the criminal law : an inquiry into degrees of blameworthiness / / Itzhak Kugler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , 2002

ISBN

1-351-94400-2

1-315-25775-0

1-351-94399-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

345.04

Soggetti

Criminal intent

Criminal liability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 The Problem of Oblique Intention in the Criminal Law -- part PART ONE -- chapter 2 Intention and Degrees of Blameworthiness - An Introductory Discussion -- chapter 3 The Doctrine of the Double Effect -- chapter 4 Possible Implications of the Debate about the Doctrine of the Double Effect for the Issue of Degrees of Blameworthiness in the Criminal Law -- chapter 5 A Common Denominator between Direct and Oblique Intention -- chapter 6 Degrees of Probability -- chapter 7 Reconsidering the Idea of Grading Offences Based on the Distinction between Intention and Recklessness -- chapter 8 Grading Offences by Using a Moral Formula -- chapter 9 An Alternative Justification for Grading Offences Based on the Distinction between Intention and Recklessness -- chapter 10 Conclusions -- part PART TWO -- chapter 11 A Possible Justification for Enacting Basic Crimes of Intention: The Threshold of Culpability Requirement -- chapter 12 A Requirement of a High Degree of Culpability for Offences Enacted for Retribution Purposes -- chapter 13 Conclusions.