Objective and subjective responsibility in a judicial context

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-235

  Bordel, Stéphanie ^a   Guingouain, Gérard ^b   Somat, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

Attribution; Causation; Confession; Norm of internality; Objective responsibility; Subjective responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846349270     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.65.4.227     Document Type: Article

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