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Criminal Law’S Folk Psychological Dilemma: Resolving Neuroscientific And Philosophical Challenges To The Voluntary Act Requirement, Branden D. Jung Esq.
Criminal Law’S Folk Psychological Dilemma: Resolving Neuroscientific And Philosophical Challenges To The Voluntary Act Requirement, Branden D. Jung Esq.
West Virginia Law Review
Criminal law has adopted the folk psychological view of human agency. Under this view, voluntary action exists and mental states, such as intentions, goals, and desires, have a causal relationship with bodily movement. However, new advances in neuroscience have begun to challenge this model and have lent empirical support to the idea that mental states may not play a causal role in bodily movement. This has profound implications for the voluntary act element of actus reus because the requirement presupposes the folk psychological view of agency. Nevertheless, criminal law can avoid this dilemma through praxeology, the deductive study of human …
Criminal Law, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.
Criminal Law, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.
Criminal Law, Robin Jean Davis, Louis J. Palmer Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law, Gerald Bobango
Criminal Law, Mark Mcqueen
Criminal Law, Mark A. Colantonio
Criminal Law, John M. Lynn
Criminal Law--Right To Counsel At Revocation Of Probation, Steven C. Hanley
Criminal Law--Right To Counsel At Revocation Of Probation, Steven C. Hanley
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Multiple Offenses From A Single Act Not Constitution Double Jeopardy
Criminal Law--Multiple Offenses From A Single Act Not Constitution Double Jeopardy
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Defendant's Physical Appearance
Criminal Law--Defendant's Physical Appearance
West Virginia Law Review
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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr.
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Admissibility On Criminal Courts Of Evidence Derived From Inadmissible Juvenile Confessions, Lester Clay Hess Jr.
Criminal Law--Admissibility On Criminal Courts Of Evidence Derived From Inadmissible Juvenile Confessions, Lester Clay Hess Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, James Kilgore Edmundson Jr.
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, James Kilgore Edmundson Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Robert Glenn Lilly Jr.
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Robert Glenn Lilly Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Federal And State Prosecutions For Same Offense, A. G. H.
Federal And State Prosecutions For Same Offense, A. G. H.
West Virginia Law Review
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Arrest--Mistaken Identity--Liability Of Officer Without Warrant Attempting To Apprehend Known Felon, W. E. N.
Arrest--Mistaken Identity--Liability Of Officer Without Warrant Attempting To Apprehend Known Felon, W. E. N.
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Trial--Presence Of Accused During Trial, J. C. A.
Criminal Law--Trial--Presence Of Accused During Trial, J. C. A.
West Virginia Law Review
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Degrees Of Murder And Manslaughter, C. L. C.
Degrees Of Murder And Manslaughter, C. L. C.
West Virginia Law Review
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Disjunctive Allegations In Indictments And Variance Between Allegations And Proof, J P. R.
Disjunctive Allegations In Indictments And Variance Between Allegations And Proof, J P. R.
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Receiving Stolen Goods--Knowledge Element--Variances Between Indictment And Instruction, V. V. C.
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Extradition--Fugitive From Justice--Commission Of Overt Act In Demanding State As Rendering One A Fugitive Subject To Extradition, H. A. W. Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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Attachment And Garnishment--Property Of Prisoner In Hands Of Officer--Custodia Legis
Attachment And Garnishment--Property Of Prisoner In Hands Of Officer--Custodia Legis
West Virginia Law Review
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The Effect Of Public Policy On The Liability Of An Insurer Where The Insured Has Been Executed For The Commission Of A Crime, Mose E. Boiarsky
The Effect Of Public Policy On The Liability Of An Insurer Where The Insured Has Been Executed For The Commission Of A Crime, Mose E. Boiarsky
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Indictment As Accessory Before The Fact Held Sufficient To Sustain Conviction As Principal
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Description Of Money In A Robbery Indictment, Ralph M. White
Criminal Law--Description Of Money In A Robbery Indictment, Ralph M. White
West Virginia Law Review
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The Application Of The Criminal Law Of A Country To Acts Committed By Foreigners Outside The Jurisdiction, Walter Wheeler Cook
The Application Of The Criminal Law Of A Country To Acts Committed By Foreigners Outside The Jurisdiction, Walter Wheeler Cook
West Virginia Law Review
The present paper is confined to a discussion from an American point of view of the application of the criminal law of a country to acts committed by foreigners outside the territorial limits of the country concerned. It will include a statement of the prevailing theories adopted by American courts and jurists, accompanied by a brief summary of typical cases decided by American Courts, and a critical analysis of these theories and of their application in American judicial opinions.
Homicide--Responsibility For Failure To Perform Affirmative Acts, Julius Cohen
Homicide--Responsibility For Failure To Perform Affirmative Acts, Julius Cohen
West Virginia Law Review
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Solicitation To Crimes, James B. Blackburn
Solicitation To Crimes, James B. Blackburn
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Defenses--Entrapment, Trixy M. Peters
Criminal Law--Defenses--Entrapment, Trixy M. Peters
West Virginia Law Review
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Criminal Law--Effect Of Agreement To Plead Guilty In Consideration Of Promise To Drop Other Charges, Bonn Brown
Criminal Law--Effect Of Agreement To Plead Guilty In Consideration Of Promise To Drop Other Charges, Bonn Brown
West Virginia Law Review
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