Negligence, Belief, Blame and Criminal Liability: The Special Case of Forgetting

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-218

  Husak, Douglas ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Blame; Epistemology; Forgetting; Liability; Negligence; Punishment; Recklessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958048254     PISSN: 18719791     EISSN: 18719805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-011-9115-z     Document Type: Article

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