Appraising Strict Liability (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

by Andrew Simester (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $179.33

  Presents a collection of essays offering consideration of the problem of strict liability in the criminal law: that is, the problem of criminal offences that allow a defendant to be convicted without proof of fault. Because of its potential to convict blameless persons, strict liability is a highly controversial phenomenon in the criminal law.