Criminally ignorant : why the law pretends we know what we don't /

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Author / Creator:	Sarch, Alexander, author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Criminal liability. Criminal law -- Philosophy. Guilt -- Philosophy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12685649

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ISBN:	9780190056605 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	Previously issued in print: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 16, 2019).
Summary:	'Criminally Ignorant' deals with the legal fiction that we know what we don't. If you bury your head in the sand rather than learn you're committing a crime, you can be punished as if you knew. How can that be justified? This book offers a framework to explain why it's not as puzzling as it seems.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780190056575

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