A critique of the rational excuse defense: A reply to Finkelstein

University of Pittsburgh Law Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-676

  Pendleton, Hibi A ^a  

^a Western District of Pennsylvania ^*

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1. Claire O. Finkelstein, Self-Defense as a Rational Excuse, 57 U. PITT. L. REV. 621 (1996) [hereinafter Rational Excuse]. In isolated instances, passages I quote in this reply differ slightly, but not substantively, from the published version of Professor Finkelstein's article. See GEORGE P. FLETCHER, RETHINKING CRIMINAL LAW § § 6.6.1, 10.1 (1978).
2. Claire O. Finkelstein, Self-Defense as a Rational Excuse, 57 U. PITT. L. REV. 621 (1996) [hereinafter Rational Excuse]. In isolated instances, passages I quote in this reply differ slightly, but not substantively, from the published version of Professor Finkelstein's article. See GEORGE P. FLETCHER, RETHINKING CRIMINAL LAW § § 6.6.1, 10.1 (1978).
3. Claire O. Finkelstein, Duress: A Philosophical Account of the Defense in the Law, 37 ARIZ. L. REV. 251 (1995) [hereinafter Duress]. The term "rational excuse" does not appear in Duress. However, in Self-Defense as a Rational Excuse Finkelstein explains that the topic of Duress is in fact what she now calls "rational excuse." Rational Excuse, supra note 1, at 624.
4. Claire O. Finkelstein, Duress: A Philosophical Account of the Defense in the Law, 37 ARIZ. L. REV. 251 (1995) [hereinafter Duress]. The term "rational excuse" does not appear in Duress. However, in Self-Defense as a Rational Excuse Finkelstein explains that the topic of Duress is in fact what she now calls "rational excuse." Rational Excuse, supra note 1, at 624.