Rethinking the Wrongness Constraint on Criminalisation
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DOI: 10.1007/s10982-017-9299-z
Abstract: Orthodox thought holds that criminalisation should be subject to a wrongness constraint: that is, that conduct may be criminalised only if it is wrongful. This article argues that this principle is false, at least as… read more here.
Keywords: constraint criminalisation; wrongness constraint; conduct; constraint ... See more keywords