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Altruism and the criminal law : duties of rescue and tolerance /
Ashworth, Andrew,
Altruism and the criminal law : duties of rescue and tolerance / Andrew Ashworth, Juan Ignacio Piña Rochefort. - 1. - xii, 182 pages 24 cm.
1. A Framework of Common Law: Criminal Law -
2. Altruism and Legal Duties -
3. Foundations of the Duty to Rescue -
4. Altruistic Obligations and the Duty of Easy Rescue -
5. Other Positive Obligations in English Law -
6. Conclusion.
"This book explores the foundations of the principle of altruism and its relationship to the criminal law, examining the justifications for the duty of easy rescue and the duty of tolerance. By analysing the duty of easy rescue, it can be shown that altruism has plenty to say in different parts of the criminal law. A detailed analysis is made of the form that criminalisation should take, bearing in mind the basic principles of English law and considering the strengths and weaknesses of the duty of easy rescue as it is formulated in German, French, Spanish and Italian criminal codes"--
9781509985760
2025937728
345.42 / ASH
Altruism and the criminal law : duties of rescue and tolerance / Andrew Ashworth, Juan Ignacio Piña Rochefort. - 1. - xii, 182 pages 24 cm.
1. A Framework of Common Law: Criminal Law -
2. Altruism and Legal Duties -
3. Foundations of the Duty to Rescue -
4. Altruistic Obligations and the Duty of Easy Rescue -
5. Other Positive Obligations in English Law -
6. Conclusion.
"This book explores the foundations of the principle of altruism and its relationship to the criminal law, examining the justifications for the duty of easy rescue and the duty of tolerance. By analysing the duty of easy rescue, it can be shown that altruism has plenty to say in different parts of the criminal law. A detailed analysis is made of the form that criminalisation should take, bearing in mind the basic principles of English law and considering the strengths and weaknesses of the duty of easy rescue as it is formulated in German, French, Spanish and Italian criminal codes"--
9781509985760
2025937728
345.42 / ASH