000			01520nam a22001697a 4500
003			BML
020			_a9781849466998
082			_a345.1 _bSIM
100	1		_aSimester, A. P.
245	1	0	_aCrimes, harms, and wrongs : _bon the principles of criminalisation
260			_aOxford (UK) _bHart Publishing _c2011
300			_axix, 237 p. ;
520			_a"When should we make use of the criminal law? Suppose that a responsible legislature seeks to enact a morally justifiable range of criminal prohibitions. What criteria should it apply when deciding whether to proscribe conduct? Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs is a philosophical analysis of the nature, significance, and ethical limits of criminalisation. The authors explore the scope and moral boundaries of harm-based prohibitions, proscriptions of offensive behaviour, and 'paternalistic' prohibitions aimed at preventing self-harm. Their aim is to develop guiding principles for these various grounds of state prohibition, including an analysis of the constraints and mediating factors that weigh for and against criminalisation. Both authors have written extensively in the field. In Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs they have reworked a number of well-known essays and added several important new essays to produce an integrated, accessible, philosophically-sophisticated account that will be of great interest to legal academics, philosophers, and advanced students alike"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aCriminal law
700	1		_aVon Hirsch, Andrew.
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c11164 _d11164