Willfully blind for good reason

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-316

  Hellman, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrived ignorance; Culpable blindness; Justification; Willful blindness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349285978     PISSN: 18719791     EISSN: 18719805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-009-9080-y     Document Type: Article

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