The nature and function of criminal theory

California Law Review

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 687-

  Fletcher, George P ^a  

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EID: 0042908929     PISSN: 00081221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3481188     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. See H.L.A. Hart, Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW 1 (1968); Herbert Morris, Persons and Punishment, in ON GUILT AND INNOCENCE: ESSAYS IN LEGAL PHILOSOPHY AND MORAL PSYCHOLOGY 31 (1976).
2. See H.L.A. Hart, Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW 1 (1968); Herbert Morris, Persons and Punishment, in ON GUILT AND INNOCENCE: ESSAYS IN LEGAL PHILOSOPHY AND MORAL PSYCHOLOGY 31 (1976).
3. See H.L.A. Hart, Legal Responsibility and Excuses, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 28; J.L. Austin, A Plea for Excuses, in 57 PROC. ARISTOTELIAN SOC'Y 1 (1957); George P. Fletcher, The Individualization of Excusing Conditions, 47 S. CAL. L. REV. 1269 (1974); George P. Fletcher, Proportionality and the Psychotic Aggressor: A Vignette in Comparative Criminal Theory, 8 ISRAEL L. REV. 367 (1973); Paul H. Robinson, A Theory of Justification: Societal Harm as a Prerequisite for Criminal Liability, 23 UCLA L. REV. 266 (1975).
4. See H.L.A. Hart, Legal Responsibility and Excuses, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 28; J.L. Austin, A Plea for Excuses, in 57 PROC. ARISTOTELIAN SOC'Y 1 (1957); George P. Fletcher, The Individualization of Excusing Conditions, 47 S. CAL. L. REV. 1269 (1974); George P. Fletcher, Proportionality and the Psychotic Aggressor: A Vignette in Comparative Criminal Theory, 8 ISRAEL L. REV. 367 (1973); Paul H. Robinson, A Theory of Justification: Societal Harm as a Prerequisite for Criminal Liability, 23 UCLA L. REV. 266 (1975).
5. See H.L.A. Hart, Legal Responsibility and Excuses, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 28; J.L. Austin, A Plea for Excuses, in 57 PROC. ARISTOTELIAN SOC'Y 1 (1957); George P. Fletcher, The Individualization of Excusing Conditions, 47 S. CAL. L. REV. 1269 (1974); George P. Fletcher, Proportionality and the Psychotic Aggressor: A Vignette in Comparative Criminal Theory, 8 ISRAEL L. REV. 367 (1973); Paul H. Robinson, A Theory of Justification: Societal Harm as a Prerequisite for Criminal Liability, 23 UCLA L. REV. 266 (1975).
6. See H.L.A. Hart, Legal Responsibility and Excuses, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 28; J.L. Austin, A Plea for Excuses, in 57 PROC. ARISTOTELIAN SOC'Y 1 (1957); George P. Fletcher, The Individualization of Excusing Conditions, 47 S. CAL. L. REV. 1269 (1974); George P. Fletcher, Proportionality and the Psychotic Aggressor: A Vignette in Comparative Criminal Theory, 8 ISRAEL L. REV. 367 (1973); Paul H. Robinson, A Theory of Justification: Societal Harm as a Prerequisite for Criminal Liability, 23 UCLA L. REV. 266 (1975).
7. See H.L.A. Hart, Legal Responsibility and Excuses, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 28; J.L. Austin, A Plea for Excuses, in 57 PROC. ARISTOTELIAN SOC'Y 1 (1957); George P. Fletcher, The Individualization of Excusing Conditions, 47 S. CAL. L. REV. 1269 (1974); George P. Fletcher, Proportionality and the Psychotic Aggressor: A Vignette in Comparative Criminal Theory, 8 ISRAEL L. REV. 367 (1973); Paul H. Robinson, A Theory of Justification: Societal Harm as a Prerequisite for Criminal Liability, 23 UCLA L. REV. 266 (1975).
8. See MODEL PENAL CODE § 5.05(1) (Proposed Official Draft 1962); JOEL FEINBERG, DOING AND DESERVING: ESSAYS IN THE THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY 33 (1970); H.L.A. Hart, Intention and Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 113, 129-131; Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck, in MORTAL QUESTIONS 24 (1979); Sanford H. Kadish, Foreword: The Criminal Law and the Luck of the Draw, 84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 679 (1994); Stephen Schulhofer, Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 1497 (1974).
9. See MODEL PENAL CODE § 5.05(1) (Proposed Official Draft 1962); JOEL FEINBERG, DOING AND DESERVING: ESSAYS IN THE THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY 33 (1970); H.L.A. Hart, Intention and Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 113, 129-131; Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck, in MORTAL QUESTIONS 24 (1979); Sanford H. Kadish, Foreword: The Criminal Law and the Luck of the Draw, 84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 679 (1994); Stephen Schulhofer, Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 1497 (1974).
10. See MODEL PENAL CODE § 5.05(1) (Proposed Official Draft 1962); JOEL FEINBERG, DOING AND DESERVING: ESSAYS IN THE THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY 33 (1970); H.L.A. Hart, Intention and Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 113, 129-131; Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck, in MORTAL QUESTIONS 24 (1979); Sanford H. Kadish, Foreword: The Criminal Law and the Luck of the Draw, 84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 679 (1994); Stephen Schulhofer, Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 1497 (1974).
11. See MODEL PENAL CODE § 5.05(1) (Proposed Official Draft 1962); JOEL FEINBERG, DOING AND DESERVING: ESSAYS IN THE THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY 33 (1970); H.L.A. Hart, Intention and Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 113, 129-131; Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck, in MORTAL QUESTIONS 24 (1979); Sanford H. Kadish, Foreword: The Criminal Law and the Luck of the Draw, 84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 679 (1994); Stephen Schulhofer, Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 1497 (1974).
12. See MODEL PENAL CODE § 5.05(1) (Proposed Official Draft 1962); JOEL FEINBERG, DOING AND DESERVING: ESSAYS IN THE THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY 33 (1970); H.L.A. Hart, Intention and Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 113, 129-131; Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck, in MORTAL QUESTIONS 24 (1979); Sanford H. Kadish, Foreword: The Criminal Law and the Luck of the Draw, 84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 679 (1994); Stephen Schulhofer, Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 1497 (1974).
13. See MODEL PENAL CODE § 5.05(1) (Proposed Official Draft 1962); JOEL FEINBERG, DOING AND DESERVING: ESSAYS IN THE THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY 33 (1970); H.L.A. Hart, Intention and Punishment, in PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY: ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, supra note 1, at 113, 129-131; Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck, in MORTAL QUESTIONS 24 (1979); Sanford H. Kadish, Foreword: The Criminal Law and the Luck of the Draw, 84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 679 (1994); Stephen Schulhofer, Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law, 122 U. PA. L. REV. 1497 (1974).
14. See JONATHAN GLOVER, CAUSING DEATH AND SAVING LIVES (1977); George P. Fletcher, Prolonging Life, 42 U. WASH. L. REV. 999 (1966-1967); Sanford H. Kadish, Letting Patients Die: Legal and Moral Reflections, in IN HARM'S WAY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOEL FEINBERG 290 (1994); Sanford H. Kadish, Respect for Life and Regard for Rights in the Criminal Law, 64 CALIF. L. REV. 871 (1976); Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, 1 PHIL. & PUB. AFF. 47 (1971).
15. See JONATHAN GLOVER, CAUSING DEATH AND SAVING LIVES (1977); George P. Fletcher, Prolonging Life, 42 U. WASH. L. REV. 999 (1966-1967); Sanford H. Kadish, Letting Patients Die: Legal and Moral Reflections, in IN HARM'S WAY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOEL FEINBERG 290 (1994); Sanford H. Kadish, Respect for Life and Regard for Rights in the Criminal Law, 64 CALIF. L. REV. 871 (1976); Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, 1 PHIL. & PUB. AFF. 47 (1971).
16. See JONATHAN GLOVER, CAUSING DEATH AND SAVING LIVES (1977); George P. Fletcher, Prolonging Life, 42 U. WASH. L. REV. 999 (1966-1967); Sanford H. Kadish, Letting Patients Die: Legal and Moral Reflections, in IN HARM'S WAY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOEL FEINBERG 290 (1994); Sanford H. Kadish, Respect for Life and Regard for Rights in the Criminal Law, 64 CALIF. L. REV. 871 (1976); Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, 1 PHIL. & PUB. AFF. 47 (1971).
17. See JONATHAN GLOVER, CAUSING DEATH AND SAVING LIVES (1977); George P. Fletcher, Prolonging Life, 42 U. WASH. L. REV. 999 (1966-1967); Sanford H. Kadish, Letting Patients Die: Legal and Moral Reflections, in IN HARM'S WAY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOEL FEINBERG 290 (1994); Sanford H. Kadish, Respect for Life and Regard for Rights in the Criminal Law, 64 CALIF. L. REV. 871 (1976); Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, 1 PHIL. & PUB. AFF. 47 (1971).
18. See JONATHAN GLOVER, CAUSING DEATH AND SAVING LIVES (1977); George P. Fletcher, Prolonging Life, 42 U. WASH. L. REV. 999 (1966-1967); Sanford H. Kadish, Letting Patients Die: Legal and Moral Reflections, in IN HARM'S WAY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOEL FEINBERG 290 (1994); Sanford H. Kadish, Respect for Life and Regard for Rights in the Criminal Law, 64 CALIF. L. REV. 871 (1976); Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, 1 PHIL. & PUB. AFF. 47 (1971).