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Ignorance of law : a philosophical inquiry / Douglas Husak.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Oxford legal philosophyPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190604714
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 340.1 23
LOC classification:
  • K5083 .H87 2016
Online resources: This work argues that ignorance of law should usually be a complete excuse from criminal liability. It defends this conclusion by invoking two presumptions: first, the content of criminal law should conform to morality; second, mistakes of fact and mistakes of law should be treated symmetrically.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work argues that ignorance of law should usually be a complete excuse from criminal liability. It defends this conclusion by invoking two presumptions: first, the content of criminal law should conform to morality; second, mistakes of fact and mistakes of law should be treated symmetrically.

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