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Provocation and Responsibility

Jeremy Horder author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:1st Oct '92

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Provocation and Responsibility breaks new ground by drawing on historical and philosophical sources not normally linked in analysis of the criminal law, to provide the first detailed study of the effect of provocation on culpability in morality and law. It traces the fascinating history and colourful development of the legal doctrine of provocation, right up to present-day controversies over the scope of the doctrine's application in murder cases. These developments are illuminated throughout by setting them in the context of the changing moral and philosophical understanding of anger, its effect on responsibility, and the role it plays in the human character.

Richly interesting ... the story he has to tell is complex and fascinating ... full of thought-provoking arguments * Times Literary Supplement *

ISBN: 9780198256960

Dimensions: 241mm x 161mm x 20mm

Weight: 522g

224 pages