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Vera Bergelson - Victims´ Rights and Victims´ Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law - 9780804755382 - V9780804755382
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Victims´ Rights and Victims´ Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law

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Description for Victims´ Rights and Victims´ Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law Hardback. Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs offers a provocative argument in favor of a new defense in criminal law that acknowledges and weighs a victim's behavior in determining a defendant's liability. Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.

"Don't blame the victim" is a cornerstone maxim of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but should the law generally ignore a victim's behavior in determining a defendant's liability? Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs criticizes the current criminal law approach and outlines a more fair, coherent, and efficient set of rules to recognize that victims sometimes co-author their own losses or injuries.

Evaluating a number of controversial cases involving euthanasia, sadomasochism, date rape, battered wives, and "innocent" aggressors, Vera Bergelson builds a theoretical foundation for reform. Her approach to comparative criminal liability takes into account the actions of both the perpetrator and the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804755382
SKU
V9780804755382
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About Vera Bergelson
Vera Bergelson is Professor of Law and Robert E. Knowlton Scholar at Rutgers University.

Reviews for Victims´ Rights and Victims´ Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law
"Her thesis raises a number of interesting and important questions. . .Bergelson develops these ideas with a clear eye for a good argument, and an impressive breadth of engagement."
Christopher Bennet
Criminal Law and Philosophy
"This book boldly challenges the entrenched conviction that the perpetrator's liability does not depend on the conduct of the victim. It's time ... Read more

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