A philosophy of criminal attempts
An investigation of criminal attempts unearths some of the most fundamental, intriguing and perplexing questions about criminal law and its place in human action. When does attempting begin? What is the relationship between attempting and intending? Do we always attempt the possible and, if so, poss...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2015
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Anatomy of Attempts: 1. Attempts and intention; 2. Attempts and action; 3. Attempts and subjectivity; 4. Attempts and possibility; Part II. Application to Criminal Attempts: 5. Actus reus and mens rea; 6. Impossibility and extraordinariness in criminal attempts; 7. Criminal attempts and moral luck; 8. Reckless attempts?; 9. Inchoate theft and inchoate rape