Lacey, Nicola 
ORCID: 0009-0006-6488-0918
(2007)
Space, time and function: intersecting principles of responsibility across the terrain of criminal justice.
Criminal Law and Philosophy, 1 (3).
pp. 233-250.
ISSN 1871-9791
Abstract
This paper considers the interpretive significance of the intersecting relationships between different conceptions of responsibility as they shift over space and time. The paper falls into two main sections. The first gives an account of several conceptions of responsibility: two conceptions founded in ideas of capacity; two founded in ideas of character, and one founded in the relationship between an agent and the outcome which she causes. The second main section uses this differentiated conceptual account to analyse and interpret certain aspects of the contemporary criminal law of England and Wales. In conclusion, the paper considers a number of hypotheses about what the evidence of certain shifts in the relationship between the three families of responsibility-conception can tell us about the current state and significance of criminal law among other systems of social governance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/1871-9791 |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 Springer Netherlands |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2008 11:39 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/5615 |
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