Positive Obligations in Criminal Law

by Andrew Ashworth

Book Overview

This book offers a set of essays, old and new, examining the positive obligations of individuals and the state in matters of criminal law. The centrepiece is a new, extended essay on the criminalisation of omissions-examining the duties to act imposed on individuals and organisations by the criminal law, and assessing their moral and social foundations. Alongside this is another new essay on the state's positive obligations to put in place criminal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184946989X
• ISBN13: 9781849469890
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"