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The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law

The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law The Legacy of Glanville Williams

Author: Dennis J. Baker; Jeremy Horder
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107020474
Published In: February 2013
Format: Hardback , 369 pages
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Described by The New York Times as 'Britain's foremost scholar of criminal law', Professor Glanville Williams was one of the greatest academic lawyers of the twentieth century. To mark the centenary of his birth in 2011, leading criminal law theorists and medical law ethicists from around the world were invited to contribute essays discussing the sanctity of life and criminal law while engaging with Williams' many contributions to these fields. In re-examining his work, the contributors have produced a provocative set of original essays that make a significant contribution to the current debate in these areas.

• Contains original essays from leading names in the fields of criminal and medical law

• Will appeal to those interested in criminal law doctrine and theory, especially those interested in the theoretical debate concerning the general part and the special part of the criminal law, and criminal law's structure and function

• Explores the relationship between medical law and criminal law

List of contributors	vii
Preface	ix
1 Glanville Llewelyn Williams 1911–1997: a biographical note Peter Glazebrook	1
2 Glanville’s inspiration George P. Fletcher	26
3 Preventive orders and the rule of law Andrew Ashworth	45
4 The specialness of the general part of the criminal law Michael S. Moore	69
5 Four distinctions that Glanville Williams did not make: the practical benefits of examining the interrelation among criminal law doctrines Paul H. Robinson	106
6 Reflections on Dudley and Stephens and killing the innocent: taking a wrong conceptual path Joshua Dressler	126
7 Intention revisited Antony Duff	148
8 A disintegrated theory of culpability A. P. Simester	178
9 Mental disorder and sexual consent: Williams and after John Stanton-Ife	204
10 Sir Michael Foster, Professor Williams and complicity in murder Sir Roger Toulson	230
11 Williams versus Kamisar on euthanasia: a classic debate revisited John Keown	247
12 The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world Penney Lewis	274
13 The duty to preserve life and its limits in English criminal law Antje du Bois-Pedain	296
14 Professing criminal law A. T. H. Smith	328
Index	345