Justification Defenses and Just Convictions (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law)

Thismajorstudyadvancesaninterpretationofcriminaljustificationdefencesthatviewsthemasanintegralcomponentofthestructureofthecriminallaw.Criminallawisdefinedhereastheinstitutionalrepresentationoftheunderlyingprinciplesofpoliticalmoralityinaliberalsociety.Thebookextendsthetraditionalscopeofthelegalandphilosophicaldiscussionofjustificationdefences.Itintegratesphilosophicalanalysiswithaconsiderationofcontemporaryapplications,itshowshowthesedefencesarekeycomponentsofcriminallaw,anditexplorestherelationshipbetweenlegalandmoraljustification.