TY - BOOK AU - Gardner, John, TI - Offences and defences: selected essays in the philosophy of criminal law SN - 9780199239351 (hardback) U1 - 345.001 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford University Press PB - Oxford KW - Criminal law KW - Philosophy KW - Justification (Law) KW - Criminal liability N1 - The wrongness of rape -- Rationality and the rule of law in offences against the person -- Complicity and causality -- In defence of defences -- Justifications and reasons -- The gist of excuses -- Fletcher on offences and defences -- Provocation and pluralism -- The mark of responsibility -- The functions and justifications of criminal law and punishment -- Crime : in proportion and in perspective -- Reply to critics ER -