Offences and Defences: Selected Essays in the Philosophy of Criminal Law by John Gardner, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
John Gardner’s writings on the philosophy of criminal law have had a significant impact on the understanding of the subject by philosophers and legal scholars. This book collects a thematic selection of his best-known and most influential pieces to provide the definitive statement of his thought on the subject.
The issues raised in these essays have a significance extending beyond the law. What does it mean to be a responsible agent, and why does it matter? Is my moral character only or mostly my business? Is there a difference between being reasonable and being rational? These and many other moral questions lurk in the background of the criminal law, and the essays in this book return them to the centre of our legal understanding.
8 November 2007, 304 pages
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