Understanding the Topography of Moral and Criminal Law Norms

Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Simons, Kenneth W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequantialism; Criminal law; Culpability; Punishment; Wrongfulness

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EID: 84919619970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199559152.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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