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9Legal paternalismIn LaFollette H. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics, Oxford University Press. pp. 387--388. 2003.
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9Richard Henson, 1925-2007Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 81 (2). 2007.
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7Drugs and RightsCambridge University Press. 1992.This important book was the first serious work of philosophy to address the question: Do adults have a moral right to use drugs for recreational purposes? Many critics of the 'war on drugs' denounce law enforcement as counterproductive and ineffective. Douglas Husak argues that the 'war on drugs' violates the moral rights of adults who want to use drugs for pleasure, and that criminal laws against such use are incompatible with moral rights. This is not a polemical tract but a scrupulously argue…Read more
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6The Function and Structure of the Substantive Criminal LawLaw and Philosophy 18 (1): 85-104. 1999.
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6Donald VanDeVeer, Paternalistic Intervention: The Moral Bounds of Benevolence Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 7 (1): 36-39. 1987.
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6Is the Distinction between Positive Actions and Omissions Value-Neutral?Tulane Studies in Philosophy 33 83-92. 1985.
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5Sentencing PluralismIn Matthew C. Altman (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 419-437. 2022.Husak makes a number of theoretical observations in favor of a general conception of sentencing that he calls sentencing pluralism. This framework is pluralistic in two different respects. In the first part of the chapter, he argues that the goals or objectives of a sentencing scheme are diverse and must draw from the insights supplied by various disciplines. Thus his framework embodies what he calls disciplinary pluralism. In the second part of the chapter, he argues that the sentence offenders…Read more
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5Criminal law theoryIn Martin P. Golding & William A. Edmundson (eds.), The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Blackwell. 2004.This chapter contains section titled: The Need for a Theory of Criminalization The Nature of the Criminal Law Inadequate Theories of Criminalization A Better Approach to Criminalization References Further Reading.
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4OvercriminalizationIn Dennis Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: The Meaning of Overcriminalization Why Overcriminalization Is Worrisome Political and Scholarly Causes of Overcriminalization A Normative Theory of Criminalization References.
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4Beyond the Justification/Excuse DichotomyIn Rowan Cruft, Matthew H. Kramer & Mark R. Reiff (eds.), Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility: The Jurisprudence of Antony Duff, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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4"Rights, Goods, and Democracy" by Ramon M. Lemos (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 49 (3): 541. 1989.
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1Jon Elster, Strong Feelings: Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 20 (1): 19-21. 2000.
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1A Framework for Punishment: What is the Insight of Hart's 'Prolegomenon'?In C. G. Pulman (ed.), Hart on Responsibility, Palgrave-macmillan. 2014.
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An alleged act requirement in the criminal lawIn John Deigh & David Dolinko (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of the Criminal Law, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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Jon Elster, Strong Feelings: Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior (review)Philosophy in Review 20 19-21. 2000.