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Punishment and Responsibility
Essays in the Philosophy of Law
Hart, H.L.A. Formerly Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Gardner, John Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953477-7
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199534777.003.0009
H. L. A. Hart
This chapter presents the author's response to criticisms about the distinctions he made between the ideas of responsibility and retribution. Topics discussed include role-responsibility, causal responsibility, legal-liability responsibility, moral blame, and capacity-responsibility. A model of retributive theory is presented.
Keywords: criminal responsibility, role-responsibility, causal responsibility, legal-liability responsibility, retributive theory, retribution,
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199534777.003.0009
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