Attempts : in the philosophy of action and the criminal law / Gideon Yaffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaffe, Gideon, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal attempt.

Criminal attempt--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 349 pages)

Other Title:

In the philosophy of action and the criminal law

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here, Yaffe demonstrates the importance of philosophy of action for the law. Many people are serving sentences not for completing crimes, but for trying to. Yaffe's clear account of what it is to try to do something promises to resolve the difficulties courts face in the adjudication of attempted crimes.

Contents:

Rationalizing the criminalization of attempt

The need for an intention

The nature of trying

The intention in attempt

Circumstances and "impossibility"

If it can't be done intentionally can it be tried?

Trying by asking: solicitation as attempt

The need for an act

Stupid plans and inherent impossibility

The act in attempt

Abandonment and change of mind

Is it unfair to punish completed crimes more than attempts?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 21, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-966464-1

1-283-58145-0

9786613893901

0-19-164223-1

OCLC:

795706840