A System of Excuses: How Criminal Law's Excuse Defenses Do, and Don't, Work Together to Exculpate Blameless (And Only Blameless) Offenders

Date

2009

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Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

This Article looks at excuses as a group. Do excuses represent a coherent conceptual category? Do they have common purposes and internal structures? If so, what, if anything, can be learned from looking at excuses as a group? (As used here, the term "excuses" is meant to refer to general defenses of excuse and does not include the many doctrines of mitigation.)

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Keywords

Excuse defenses in criminal law, Exculpating blameless offenders in criminal law, Excuse defense distinctions, System of excuses as a basis for critique, General defenses of excuse

Citation

Paul H. Robinson, A System of Excuses: How Criminal Law's Excuse Defenses Do, and Don't, Work Together to Exculpate Blameless (And Only Blameless) Offenders, 42 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 259 (2009-2010)