Peter Westen

The Logic of Consent (eBook, ePUB)

The Diversity and Deceptiveness of Consent as a Defense to Criminal Conduct

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the varied nature of consent arguments in criminal law and examines confusions that commonly arise from the failure of legislatures, courts and commentators to understand them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351886482
• Artikelnr.: 47954466

Autorenporträt

Peter Westen is Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction. Factual Consent: Introduction
A core conception of consent: an attitude of factual acquiescence
An expression of factual acquiescence. Legal Consent: Introduction
Offenses to which consent is a defense
Prescriptive consent: an attitude or an expression?
Prescriptive attitudinal consent
Non-contemporaneous prescriptive consent
Imputed consent. The Consequences of Conceptual Complexity: Introduction
The confusions of consent
Conclusion
Bibliography, Index of cases
Index.