Guilty acts, guilty minds / c Stephen P. Garvey.

Guilty acts, guilty minds / c Stephen P. Garvey.

You can't be convicted of a crime without a guilty act and a guilty mind." A lawyer might dress the same idea up in Latin: "You can't be convicted of a crime without actus reus and mens rea." Things like that are often said, but what do people mean when they say them? Guilty...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garvey, Stephen P. 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2020.
Series:Studies in penal theory and philosophy
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Electronic books > United States.
Criminal law > Philosophy.
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