MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01773nam a2200217 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781107008182 (Hardback.); |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
sokunthea |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of original |
eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
345.050 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Spain, Eimear, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1981- |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The role of emotions in criminal law defences : |
| Remainder of title |
duress, necessity and lesser evils / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Eimear Spain |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Cambridge, UK : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cambridge University Press , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 306 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Thematic overview -- The role of emotions in legal theory -- Coping with uncertainty -- Elements of the defences -- Threats and the taking of life -- A reappraisal |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The law has struggled for many years with the problem of how to accommodate those who commit crimes due to threats or circumstances. The modern ambivalence surrounding the defences of duress and necessity has its origins in the legal past. To date the defences of duress and necessity have been couched in terms such as compulsion, involuntariness and human frailty, resulting in the true nature of the defences being hidden. Psychologists and legal theorists have begun to re-examine the role of emotions in human action, including their effect upon behaviour and choice. In light of recent breakthroughs, Eimear Spain considers how the emotions experienced by those who act due to threats, both human and natural in origin, should affect the attribution of criminal responsibility and punishment. The understanding of emotions extrapolated in this book points towards a new rationale for the existing defences of duress and necessity"$cProvided by publisher |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Duress (Law) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Necessity (Law) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Defense (Criminal procedure) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
BE |
