This book draws together original and significant chapters from a number of leading authorities which identify areas of the modern criminal law where there are significant conceptual difficulties. The project developed from a series of seminars in Cambridge University, in which leading Anglo-American philosophers, criminal lawyers, and legal theorists explored subjects such as attempts, intention, justification, excuses, coercion, complicity, drug-dealing, and criminal harm. The topics covered in this collection were chosen for their topicality as well as their theoretical and practical signif ... More

This book draws together original and significant chapters from a number of leading authorities which identify areas of the modern criminal law where there are significant conceptual difficulties. The project developed from a series of seminars in Cambridge University, in which leading Anglo-American philosophers, criminal lawyers, and legal theorists explored subjects such as attempts, intention, justification, excuses, coercion, complicity, drug-dealing, and criminal harm. The topics covered in this collection were chosen for their topicality as well as their theoretical and practical significance.