TheMalum prohibitum—Malum in seDistinction and the Wrongfulness Constraint on Criminalization

Autor:	Susan Dimock
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	050502 law Social contract Common law 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Philosophy Criminalization Political science 060302 philosophy Criminal law Meaning (existential) Polity Constraint (mathematics) 0505 law Law and economics
Zdroj:	Dialogue. 55:9-32
ISSN:	1759-0949 0012-2173
DOI:	10.1017/s0012217316000275
Popis:	The criminal law distinction between conductmalum in seandmalum prohibitumis five centuries old in common law jurisdictions and yet both its meaning and its usefulness remain matters of debate. I join the fray, arguing (a) that the terms cannot be interpreted literally, but that (b) there is a way of drawing the distinction that is both plausible and useful. Conductmala in seis conduct thatmustbe prohibited in any just polity, whilemala prohibitaconductmay but need not becriminalized. I employ concepts from social contract theory in the explanation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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