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A collection of essays discussing Herbert Hart's writings on responsibility. The essays focus upon Hart's work on causation in the law and on the justification of punishment. Specific topics discussed include senses of 'responsibility', voluntariness, Mill's harm principle, mens rea, excuses, the Hart-Wootton debate, and negligence.
- About the authors
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Larry Alexander, University of San Diego, USA Karin Boxer, Amherst College, USA Arina Cocoru, New York University School of Law, USA Douglas Husak, Rutgers University, USA Matthew H. Kramer, University of Cambridge, UK Matt Matravers, University of York, UK Erasmus Mayr, University of Oxford, UK Helen Steward, University of Leeds, UK Gideon Yaffe, Yale Law School, USA
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-29
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Hart’s Senses of ‘Responsibility’
Pages 30-46
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Voluntary Interventions
Pages 47-70
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Causing Things and Doing Things
Pages 71-90
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A Framework for Punishment: What Is the Insight of Hart’s ‘Prolegomenon’?
Pages 91-108
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Hart on Responsibility
- Editors
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- C. Pulman
- Series Title
- Philosophers in Depth
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-37443-1
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137374431
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-37442-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-47694-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 215
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