Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law"Don't blame the victim" is a cornerstone maxim of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but should the law generally ignore a victim's behavior in determining a defendant's liability? Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs criticizes the current criminal law approach and outlines a more fair, coherent, and efficient set of rules to recognize that victims sometimes co-author their own losses or injuries. Evaluating a number of controversial cases involving euthanasia, sadomasochism, date rape, battered wives, and "innocent" aggressors, Vera Bergelson builds a theoretical foundation for reform. Her approach to comparative criminal liability takes into account the actions of both the perpetrator and the victim and offers a unitary explanation for consent, self-defense, and provocation. This innovative book supplies a practical and coherent mechanism for evaluating the impact of a victim's conduct on a perpetrator's liability in a variety of circumstances, including those that are now artificially excluded from comparative analysis. |
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Contents
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Why Does Criminal Law Need a Generic Defense | 36 |
CRIMINAL LIABILITY | 61 |
The Principle of Conditionality of Rights | 91 |
INCORPORATING THE PRINCIPLE OF CONDITIONALITY | 125 |
The Defense of Comparative Criminal Liability | 141 |
Conclusion | 161 |
Bibliography | 213 |
Index | 229 |
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Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law Vera Bergelson No preview available - 2009 |
Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs: Comparative Liability in Criminal Law Vera Bergelson No preview available - 2009 |