Ignorance is No Defense
Author: J. Tom Morgan
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Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780979662515
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Author: J. Tom Morgan
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Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780979662515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Henry Franklin
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Published: 1955
Total Pages: 45
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. Tom Morgan
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Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780981939735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Douglas Husak
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-07-21
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0190604700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that ignorance of law should usually be a complete excuse from criminal liability. It defends this conclusion by invoking two presumptions: first, the content of criminal law should conform to morality; second, mistakes of fact and mistakes of law should be treated symmetrically. The author grounds his position in an underlying theory of moral and criminal responsibility according to which blameworthiness consists in a defective response to the moral reasons one has. Since persons cannot be faulted for failing to respond to reasons for criminal liability they do not believe they have, then ignorance should almost always excuse. But persons are somewhat responsible for their wrongs when their mistakes of law are reckless, that is, when they consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that their conduct might be wrong. This book illustrates this with examples and critiques the arguments to the contrary offered by criminal theorists and moral philosophers. It assesses the real-world implications for the U.S. system of criminal justice. The author describes connections between the problem of ignorance of law and other topics in moral and legal theory.
Author: Linsey McGoey
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2019-09-15
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1780326386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeliberate ignorance has been known as the ‘Ostrich Instruction’ in law courts since the 1860s. It illustrates a recurring pattern in history in which figureheads for major companies, political leaders and industry bigwigs plead ignorance to avoid culpability. So why do so many figures at the top still get away with it when disasters on their watch damage so many people’s lives? Does the idea that knowledge is power still apply in today’s post-truth world? A bold, wide-ranging exploration of the relationship between ignorance and power in the modern age, from debates over colonial power and economic rent-seeking in the 18th and 19th centuries to the legal defences of today, The Unknowers shows that strategic ignorance has not only long been an inherent part of modern power and big business, but also that true power lies in the ability to convince others of where the boundary between ignorance and knowledge lies.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-11-02
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 1387338471
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the Commonwealth represents Cicero's first serious attempt to bring Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. While some passages have been lost or reduced to fragments, it remains an important work of political philosophy and essential reading for political science students.
Author: Lawrie Reznek
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-06-20
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1134705778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily accessible and elegant style, he explains that in law, there exists two excuses derived from Aristotle: the excuses of ignorance and compulsion. Reznek, however proposes a third excuse - the excuse of character change. In introducing this third excuse, Reznek raises a controversial possibility - the abolition of the insanity defence.
Author: Jeremy Bentham
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Published: 1837
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan Dershowitz
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2011-07-27
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 0307755207
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Anyone interested in the true merits of criminal law and very fine writing must read Alan Dershowitz's book." --Truman Capote In this tell-all legal memoir, Alan Dershowitz describes his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients. In the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.
Author: Peter Wade
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781847161277
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