The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 1: Harm to Others

Feinberg, Joel

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.

EAN

9780195046649

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published

20 August 1987

Pages

288