Justice, Liability & Blame: Community Views and the Criminal Law

Paul H. Robinson
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Colin S. Diver Distinguished Professor of Law

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• Front-matter (243 KB)
• Chapter 1, Community Standards and The Criminal Law (412 KB)
• Chapter 2, Doctines of Criminalization - What Conduct Should be Criminal? (1.26 MB)
• Chapter 3, Doctrines of Justification - When Should It Be Lawful for one to Engage in Conduct That Normally Would Constitute a Violation? (911 KB)
• Chapter 4, Doctrines of Culpabiity - When is One's Violation of a Legal Rule Blameworthy? (861 KB)
• Chapter 5, Doctrines of Excuse - When Is One's Rule Violation Blameless? (281 KB)
• Chapter 6, Doctrines of Gradings - What Degree of Punishment Is Deserved for One's Blameworthy Violation? (373 KB)
• Chapter 7, Conflict Between Community Views and Criminal Codes (139 KB)
• End-matter (785 KB)

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