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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Váldodahkki: Sarch, Alexander (Dahkki)
Materiálatiipa: Licensed eBooks
Giella:eaŋgalasgiella
Almmustuhtton: New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Liŋkkat:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2139689
Sisdoallologahallan:
  • Introduction
  • Criminal law basics and the willful ignorance doctrine
  • What is criminal culpability
  • The scope of the willful ignorance doctrine (I)
  • The scope of the willful ignorance doctrine (II) : the duty to reasonably inform oneself
  • Toward a normative theory of equal culpability imputation
  • Iterated reckless ignorance as a substitute for knowledge
  • Substituting willful ignorance for purpose?
  • Subwillful motivated ignorance
  • Corporations keeping themselves in the dark
  • Conclusion.