Criminal Attempts

by R.A. Duff

This book reflects the belief that a careful study of the Law of Attempts should be both interesting in itself, as well as being a productive route into a number of larger and deeper issues in criminal law theory and in the philosophy of action. By identifying the legal doctrines which courts and legislatures have developed or adopted, the author goes on to ask whether and how they can be rationalized or rendered persuasive. Such an approach involves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019826268X
• ISBN13: 9780198262688
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"