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Review Essay: Excuse Theory Through A Liberal Lens, Richard Boldt Sep 2010

Review Essay: Excuse Theory Through A Liberal Lens, Richard Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

This essay reviews Excusing Crime, by Jeremy Horder, Reader in Criminal Law and Tutor in Law at Worcester College, Oxford. It describes Horder’s project, which is to build a complex taxonomy of criminal law excuse practices and to use that account of “why things are as they are” to argue, on the basis of his version of liberal theory, against “the restricted range” of excuses in the UK and elsewhere. By virtue of his appreciation that some, but not all, excuses contain justificatory elements, and given his insistence that pure claims of non-responsibility are not excuses, Horder has defined a …


The Construction Of Responsibility In The Criminal Law, Richard C. Boldt Sep 2010

The Construction Of Responsibility In The Criminal Law, Richard C. Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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A Study In Regulatory Method, Local Political Cultures, And Jurisprudential Voice: The Application Of Federal Confidentiality Law To Project Head Start, Richard C. Boldt Sep 2010

A Study In Regulatory Method, Local Political Cultures, And Jurisprudential Voice: The Application Of Federal Confidentiality Law To Project Head Start, Richard C. Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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Evaluating Histories Of Substance Abuse In Cases Involving The Termination Of Parental Rights, Richard C. Boldt Sep 2010

Evaluating Histories Of Substance Abuse In Cases Involving The Termination Of Parental Rights, Richard C. Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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Public Education As Public Space: Some Reflections On The Unfinished Work Of Marc Feldman, Richard C. Boldt Sep 2010

Public Education As Public Space: Some Reflections On The Unfinished Work Of Marc Feldman, Richard C. Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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The Adversary System And Attorney Role In The Drug Treatment Court Movement, Richard Boldt Sep 2010

The Adversary System And Attorney Role In The Drug Treatment Court Movement, Richard Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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Restitution, Criminal Law, And The Ideology Of Individuality, Richard C. Boldt Sep 2010

Restitution, Criminal Law, And The Ideology Of Individuality, Richard C. Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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The Great American Public, Mass Society, And The New Constitutional Order, Richard C. Boldt Sep 2010

The Great American Public, Mass Society, And The New Constitutional Order, Richard C. Boldt

Richard C. Boldt

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