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Against Nature: On Robert Wright's The Moral Animal, Amy L. Wax
Against Nature: On Robert Wright's The Moral Animal, Amy L. Wax
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The Priority Paradigm: Private Choices And The Limits Of Equality, Dorothy E. Roberts
The Priority Paradigm: Private Choices And The Limits Of Equality, Dorothy E. Roberts
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On The Genealogy Of Moral Hazard, Tom Baker
On The Genealogy Of Moral Hazard, Tom Baker
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Self-Defense As A Rational Excuse, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Self-Defense As A Rational Excuse, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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Brain And Blame, Stephen J. Morse
Blame And Danger: An Essay On Preventive Detention, Stephen J. Morse
Blame And Danger: An Essay On Preventive Detention, Stephen J. Morse
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The Irrelevance Of The Intended To Prima Facie Culpability: Comment On Moore, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
The Irrelevance Of The Intended To Prima Facie Culpability: Comment On Moore, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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The Criminal-Civil Distinction And The Utility Of Desert, Paul H. Robinson
The Criminal-Civil Distinction And The Utility Of Desert, Paul H. Robinson
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The communist Chinese have distinct criminal and civil systems, as do the democratic Swiss, and the monarchist Saudis.1 The criminal-civil distinction also is a basic organizing device for Islamic Pakistan, Catholic Ireland, Hindu India, and the atheistic former Soviet Union, industrialized Germany, rural Papua New Guinea, the tribal Bedouins, wealthy Singapore, impoverished Somalia, developing Thailand, newly organized Ukraine, and the ancient Romans. Apparently every society sufficiently developed to have a formal legal system usesthe criminal-civil distinction as an organizing principle. Why? Why has every society felt it necessary to create a system to impose criminal liability distinct from civil liability?