Appraising strict liability

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simester

Contributor:

Simester, A. P., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal liability.

Strict liability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book of essays, including Anglo-American and European perspectives, considers strict liability in criminal law: that is, the problem of criminal offences that allow a defendant to be convicted without proof of fault.

Contents:

Six senses of strict liability : a plea for formalism / Stuart P. Green

Is strict liability always wrong? / A.P. Simester

Wrongs and faults / John Gardner

Strict liability, justice, and proportionality / Douglas Husak

Whose values should determine when liability is strict? / Jeremy Horder

Strict liability, legal presumptions, and the presumption of innocence / R.A. Duff

Strict liability and the presumption of innocence : an exposé of functionalist assumptions / Paul Roberts

Strict liability for criminal offences in England and Wales following incorporation into English law of the European Convention on Human Rights / G.R. Sullivan

Imposing constitutional limits on strict liability : lessons from the American experience / Alan C. Michaels

Approaches to strict and constructive liability in continental criminal law / John R. Spencer and Antje Pedain.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-170696-5