Ressentiment has long enjoyed a prominent position in the humanities. Hunger, thirst, sex
and the drive for power as well as self-interest and amour-propre have always been taken …

This book is an introductory account of the institution of criminal law, written for students and
scholars of criminology and related social sciences. To be clear, it is not a book on 'law for …

Legal systems do not operate in isolation but in complex cultural contexts. This original and
thought-provoking volume considers how cultural assumptions are built into American legal …

The article offers an Aristotelian analysis of emotion-based defences in criminal law:
someone who commits an offence is entitled to an excuse if she was motivated by a …

In American criminal law, if a defendant demonstrates that they lack certain psychological
capabilities, they may be excused of blame and punishment for wrongdoing. However …

Consistent with core principles of liberal theories of punishment (including humane
treatment of offenders, respecting offender rights, parsimony, penal proportionality, and …

This article examines the sentencing remarks in all publicly reported Australian cases on
assisted suicide and mercy killing since 1980. Themes emerging from judicial reasons for …

En el presente trabajo se desarrollan tres teorías de las emociones, y las críticas que se le
realizan, para luego evaluar si es posible trazar similitudes analíticas entre las emociones y …

En el presente trabajo se desarrollan tres teorías de las emociones, y las críticas que se les
realizan, para luego evaluar si es posible trazar similitudes analíticas entre las emociones y …

This thesis provides a critique on the law of self-defence in England and Wales. It
demonstrates the general justifiability of the defence, while challenging recent legislative …