The role of emotions in criminal law defences : duress, necessity and lesser evils /
"The law has struggled for many years with the problem of how to accommodate those who commit crimes due to threats or circumstances. The modern ambivalence surrounding the defences of duress and necessity has its origins in the legal past. To date the defences of duress and necessity have been...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Thematic overview
- The role of emotions in legal theory
- Coping with uncertainty
- Elements of the defences
- Threats and the taking of life
- A reappraisal