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Intentional Killing Without Intending To Kill: Knobe’S Theory As A Rational Limit On Felony Murder, Joseph C. Mauro
Intentional Killing Without Intending To Kill: Knobe’S Theory As A Rational Limit On Felony Murder, Joseph C. Mauro
Louisiana Law Review
Felony murder authorizes maximum criminal punishment, the kind typically reserved for the most ruthless and calculating killers, for defendants who did not even intend to kill. Many retributivist scholars therefore criticize felony murder for abandoning the traditional notion that intent determines culpability and the appropriate degree of punishment. Despite widespread agreement with this criticism, however, felony murder persists in most jurisdictions. Joshua Knobe's empirical research turns this problem on its head by suggesting that intent is not just a mental state. Numerous experiments have shown, in fact, that people are more likely to call an action intentional, regardless of what …
Riding The Fence On Collective Scienter: Allowing Plaintiffs To Clear The Pslra Pleading Hurdle, Heather F. Crow
Riding The Fence On Collective Scienter: Allowing Plaintiffs To Clear The Pslra Pleading Hurdle, Heather F. Crow
Louisiana Law Review
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The Louisiana Criminal Code And Criminal Intent: Distinguishing Between Specific And General Intent, André Doguet
The Louisiana Criminal Code And Criminal Intent: Distinguishing Between Specific And General Intent, André Doguet
Louisiana Law Review
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