Act and Crime by Michael S Moore
In print for the first time in over ten years, Act and Crime provides a unified account of the theory of action presupposed by both Anglo-American criminal law and the morality that underlies it. The book defends the view that human actions are always volitionally caused bodily movements and nothing else. The theory is used to illuminate three major problems in the drafting and the interpretation of criminal codes: 1) what the voluntary act requirement both does and should require; 2) what complex descriptions of actions prohibited by criminal codes both do and should require (in addition to the doing of a voluntary act); and 3) when two actions are 'the same' for purposes of assessing whether multiple prosecutions and multiple punishments are warranted. The book both contributes to the development of a coherent theory of action in philosophy, and it provides both legislators and judges (and the lawyers who argue to both) a grounding in three of the most basic elements of criminal liability.
Michael Moore has produced the finest and most comprehensive treatment of the connection between the substantive criminal law and that highly specialized branch of philosophy that deals with human actionAnyone with a serious interest in the relationship between these two areas has long awaited the careful attention provided by Moore's excellent book. Act and Crime sets the standard against which subsequent contributions will be measured; quite simply, there exists no book-length examination of these issues to rival Moore's. * Douglas Husak, Criminal Law Forum *
...one of America's leading legal theorists...a book that repays close study and which should retain its appeal for all students of the criminal law for many years to come. * Paul Roberts, The Criminal Law Review *
...one of America's leading legal theorists...a book that repays close study and which should retain its appeal for all students of the criminal law for many years to come. * Paul Roberts, The Criminal Law Review *
Professor Michael Moore holds the Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Chair at the Univerity of Illinois. He is jointly appointed as Professor of Law in the College of Law and as Professor of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He also holds an appointment as a Professor with the Center for Advanced Studies. His major works include Causation and Responsibility (OUP, 2009), Placing Blame (OUP, 1997), and Law and Psychiatry (CUP, 1984).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199599509 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199599505 |
| Title | Act and Crime |
| Author | Michael S Moore |
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| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2010-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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