Guilty Acts, Guilty Minds proposes an understanding of actus reus and mens rea (the guilty act and guilty mind) as limits on the authority of a democratic state to ascribe guilt. Going beyond discussions of legal justice, Stephen Garvey argues for actus reus and mens rea as necessary conditions, among others, for the legitimacy of state punishment.
Guilty Acts, Guilty Minds proposes an understanding of actus reus and mens rea (the guilty act and guilty mind) as limits on the authority of a democratic state to ascribe guilt. Going beyond discussions of legal justice, Stephen Garvey argues for actus reus and mens rea as necessary conditions, among others, for the legitimacy of state punishment.
Stephen P. Garvey is the A. Robert Noll Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. His scholarly work addresses doctrinal and theoretical questions arising from the substantive criminal law. He is co-author of Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, now in its eighth edition.
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Introduction Chapter 1 - Authority I. Anarchism - Rex's Dilemma A. Criminalization B. Culpability C. Punishment II. Statism - Leviathan's Peace A. Social Peace B. Political Peace III. Democratic Authority A. A State's Right to Conformity B. A Democratic State's Authority IV. Rights A. Criminalization B. Punishment C. Culpability Chapter 2 - Rights I. Actus Reus A. The Conventional Theory B. The Rights Theory II. Mens Rea A. The Conventional Theory B. The Rights Theory Chapter 3 - Knowledge I. Actus Reus A. The Capacity to Choose Otherwise B. The Stephen Test C. Insanity Ii. Mens Rea A. Duress Two Ways B. Provocation C. The Willing Addict III. Tracing Chapter 4 - Ignorance I. Ignorantia Juris A. The Maxim's Scope B. Defending the Maxim C. "Ignorance" of "Law" Defined II. Actus Reus A. The Lex Test B. Insanity III. Mens Rea A. The Jekyll Test B. Putting Jekyll to Work IV. Tracing Chapter 5 - Agency I. Tradition II. Irrationality A. Unintelligibility B. Delusion III. Lost Agency A. The Demon Within B. Defects of Consciousness IV. Authority Chapter 6 - Injustice I. Revolution A. The Revolutionary Road B. After the Revolution C. Resistance II. Reform A. Culpability B. Standing III. Authority A. The State of Exclusion B. Core Crimes C. Non-Core Crimes Conclusion.
Introduction Chapter 1 - Authority I. Anarchism - Rex's Dilemma A. Criminalization B. Culpability C. Punishment II. Statism - Leviathan's Peace A. Social Peace B. Political Peace III. Democratic Authority A. A State's Right to Conformity B. A Democratic State's Authority IV. Rights A. Criminalization B. Punishment C. Culpability Chapter 2 - Rights I. Actus Reus A. The Conventional Theory B. The Rights Theory II. Mens Rea A. The Conventional Theory B. The Rights Theory Chapter 3 - Knowledge I. Actus Reus A. The Capacity to Choose Otherwise B. The Stephen Test C. Insanity Ii. Mens Rea A. Duress Two Ways B. Provocation C. The Willing Addict III. Tracing Chapter 4 - Ignorance I. Ignorantia Juris A. The Maxim's Scope B. Defending the Maxim C. "Ignorance" of "Law" Defined II. Actus Reus A. The Lex Test B. Insanity III. Mens Rea A. The Jekyll Test B. Putting Jekyll to Work IV. Tracing Chapter 5 - Agency I. Tradition II. Irrationality A. Unintelligibility B. Delusion III. Lost Agency A. The Demon Within B. Defects of Consciousness IV. Authority Chapter 6 - Injustice I. Revolution A. The Revolutionary Road B. After the Revolution C. Resistance II. Reform A. Culpability B. Standing III. Authority A. The State of Exclusion B. Core Crimes C. Non-Core Crimes Conclusion.
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