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Description for Harm to Others
Paperback. Series: Moral Limits of the Criminal Law. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book focuses on the 'harm principle', the common-sense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal legislation, and presents a detailed analysis of the concept and definition of harm, which it applies to a host of practical and theoretical issues.
This book focuses on the 'harm principle', the common-sense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal legislation, and presents a detailed analysis of the concept and definition of harm, which it applies to a host of practical and theoretical issues.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Series
Moral Limits of the Criminal Law
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195046649
SKU
V9780195046649
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Harm to Others
'Joel Feinberg is a political and social philosopher of major importance ... Virtually everyone who has written about legal and moral responsibility during the past fifteen years owes him a considerable debt.' Harvard Law Review