Criminally ignorant : why the law pretends we know what we don't /
The willful ignorance doctrine says defendants should sometimes be treated as if they know what they don't. This book provides a careful defense of this method of imputing mental states. Though the doctrine is only partly justified and requires reform, it also demonstrates that the criminal law...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2139689 |
| Summary: | The willful ignorance doctrine says defendants should sometimes be treated as if they know what they don't. This book provides a careful defense of this method of imputing mental states. Though the doctrine is only partly justified and requires reform, it also demonstrates that the criminal law needs more legal fictions of this kind. The resulting theory of when and why the criminal law can pretend we know what we don't has far-reaching implications for legal practice and reveals a pressing need for change. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780190056605 0190056606 9780190056582 0190056584 9780190056575 0190056576 |