TY - BOOK AU - Gardner,John TI - Offences and defences: selected essays in the philosophy of criminal law SN - 9780199239351 (hardback) AV - K5018 .G37 2007 U1 - 345.001 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Criminal law KW - Philosophy KW - Justification (Law) KW - Criminal liability N1 - Includes index; The wrongness of rape -- Rationality and the rule of law in offences against the person -- Complicity and causality -- In defence of defences -- Justifications and reasons -- The gist of excuses -- Fletcher on offences and defences -- Provocation and pluralism -- The mark of responsibility -- The functions and justifications of criminal law and punishment -- Crime : in proportion and in perspective -- Reply to critics UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034284.html ER -