Individualizing the reasonable person in criminal law

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-162

  Westen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blame; Individualization; Negligence; Provocation; Reasonable person

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449168593     PISSN: 18719791     EISSN: 18719805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-007-9041-2     Document Type: Article

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