Attempts : in the philosophy of action and the criminal law /

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Main Author: Yaffe, Gideon, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
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245 1 0 |a Attempts :  |b in the philosophy of action and the criminal law /  |c Gideon Yaffe 
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300 |a x, 349 p. ;  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index 
505 0 |a Pt. 1. What are attempts and why do we criminalize them? -- Rationalizing the criminalization of attempt --The need for an intention -- The nature of trying -- Pt. 2. The elemental conception of the intention in attempt and its implications -- The intention in attempt -- Circumstances and "impossibility" -- If it can't be done intentionally can it be tried? -- Trying by asking : solicitation as attempt -- Pt. 3. The evidential conception of the act element and its implications -- The need for an act -- Stupid plans and inherent impossibility -- The act in attempt -- Pt. 4. Sentencing attempts -- Abandonment and change of mind -- Is it unfair to punish completed crimes more than attempts? 
650 0 |a Criminal attempt 
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