Guilty acts, guilty minds
'You can't be convicted of a crime without a guilty act and a guilty mind.' A lawyer might express the same idea using Latin: 'You can't be convicted of a crime without actus reus and mens rea.' 'Guilty Acts, Guilty Minds' proposes an interpretation of mens re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2020, 2020
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| Series: | Studies in penal theory and philosophy / Studies in penal theory and philosophy
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 'You can't be convicted of a crime without a guilty act and a guilty mind.' A lawyer might express the same idea using Latin: 'You can't be convicted of a crime without actus reus and mens rea.' 'Guilty Acts, Guilty Minds' proposes an interpretation of mens rea and actus reus as limits on the authority of a democratic state to ascribe guilt through positive law to those accused of crime |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780190924355 |