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The Origins Of American Felony Murder Rules, Guyora Binder
The Origins Of American Felony Murder Rules, Guyora Binder
Journal Articles
Contemporary commentators continue to instruct lawyers and law students that England bequeathed America a sweeping default principle of strict liability for all deaths caused in all felonies. This Article exposes the harsh "common law" felony murder rule as a myth. It retraces the origins of American felony murder rules to reveal their modern, American, and legislative sources, the rationality of their original scope, and the fairness of their original application. It demonstrates that the draconian doctrine of strict liability for all deaths resulting from all felonies was never enacted into English law or received into American law. This Article reviews …
Oliver Wendell Holmes And External Standards Of Criminal And Tort Liability: Application Of Theory On The Massachusetts Bench, William A. Lundquist
Oliver Wendell Holmes And External Standards Of Criminal And Tort Liability: Application Of Theory On The Massachusetts Bench, William A. Lundquist
Buffalo Law Review
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The Structure Of Blackstone's Commentaries, Duncan Kennedy
The Structure Of Blackstone's Commentaries, Duncan Kennedy
Buffalo Law Review
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