Attempts - In the Philosophy of Action and the Criminal Law (Hardcover, New)

Gideon Yaffe presents a ground-breaking work which demonstrates the importance of philosophy of action for the law. Many people are serving sentences not for completing crimes, but for trying to. So the law governing attempted crimes is of practical as well as theoretical importance. Questions arising in the adjudication of attempts intersect with questions in the philosophy of action, such as what intention a person must have, if any, and what a person must do, if anything, to be trying to act. Yaffe offers solutions to the difficult problems courts face in the adjudication of attempted crimes. He argues that the problems courts face admit of principled solution through reflection either on what it is to try to do something; or on what evidence is required for someone to be shown to have tried to do something; or on what sentence for an attempt is fair given the close relation between attempts and completions. The book argues that to try to do something is to be committed by one's intention to each of the components of success and to be guided by those commitments. Recognizing the implications of this simple and plausible position helps us to identify principled grounds on which the courts ought to distinguish between defendants charged with attempted crimes.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	February 2011
Authors:	Gideon Yaffe
Dimensions:	241 x 168 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-959066-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Books > Law > International law > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-959066-4
Barcode:	9780199590667

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