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Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

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See Douglas Husak, Drugs and Rights (Cambridge University Press, 1992); Douglas Husak, Legalize This! (London, Verso, 2002) ; and Douglas Husak and Peter de Marneffe, The Legalization of Drugs (Cambridge University Press, 2005) .
Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

Douglas N. Husak

Politicians from all sides of the political spectrum are beginning to ask: is it worth it? In arguing that criminalization is unjust, Douglas Husak explodes many of the myths that surround drug use.
Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law

Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law

Douglas N. Husak

The Limits of the Criminal Law Douglas N. Husak. breaking the law.”90 The strict liability drug homicide statute that was challenged, however, was said not to fall under this limitation. As the court explained, “to the extent moral culpability is a ...
The Philosophy of Criminal Law: Selected Essays

The Philosophy of Criminal Law: Selected Essays

Douglas N. Husak

This volume collects 17 of Douglas Husak's influential essays in criminal law theory.
Cannabis - Philosophy for Everyone: What Were We Just ...

Cannabis - Philosophy for Everyone: What Were We Just ...

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Dale Jacquette. 43 See Doug Husak's splendid work on links between this idea and the prohibition of all drugs: Husak, “Drugs and Rights”; Husak, “Legalize This !”; Husak, Overcriminalization (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Drugs and Rights

Drugs and Rights

Douglas N. Husak

This is not a polemical tract but a scrupulously argued work of philosophy that takes full account of all available data concerning drug use in the United States today.
Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law

Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law

Douglas Husak

The book urges the weight and relevance of this topic in the real world, and notes that most Anglo-American legal philosophers have neglected it.
Ignorance of Law: A Philosophical Inquiry

Ignorance of Law: A Philosophical Inquiry

Douglas Husak

This book argues that ignorance of law should usually be a complete excuse from criminal liability.
The Routledge Handbook of Criminal Justice Ethics

The Routledge Handbook of Criminal Justice Ethics

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10 I present some of this material in Douglas Husak: 'What Do Criminals Deserve ?' in Kimberly Ferzan and Stephen Morse, eds.: Legal, Moral, and Metaphysical Truths: The Philosophy of Michael S. Moore, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ...
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

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See Douglas Husak, Overcriminalization (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008). 19. § 2.01(4). 20. §2.01(1). 21. See Paul Robinson: “Causing the Conditions of One's Own Defense: A Study of the Limits of Theory in Criminal Law Doctrine,” ...
George Fletcher's Essays on Criminal Law

George Fletcher's Essays on Criminal Law

George P. Fletcher

See, e.g., A.P. Simester, Is StrictLiabilityAlways Wrong? in APPRAISING STRICT LIABILITY 21 (A.P. Simester ed., 2005). . See Douglas Husak, Malum Prohibitum and Retributivism, in DEFINING CRIMES: ESSAYS ON THE SPECIAL PART OF ...
Ignorance of Law: A Philosophical Inquiry

Ignorance of Law: A Philosophical Inquiry

Douglas Husak

Smith, Angela: “Control, Responsibility, and Moral Assessment,” 138 Philosophical Studies 367 (2008). Smith, Angela M.: “Attitudes, Tracing, and Control,” 32 Journal of Applied Philosophy 115 (2015). Smith, A.T.H.: “Error and Mistake of Law ...
Drogas y Derechos

Drogas y Derechos

Douglas N. Husak

Las drogas, consumo y penalización - Las drogas y el daño a quienes las consumen - Las drogas y el daño a terceros - Restricciones al consumo de drogas.
Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate

Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate

David Zarefsky

Perhaps because he understood popular sovereignty in this way, DeBow had pledged his support to Douglas. On October 23 ... J. Burdick to Douglas, July 25, 1858, Stephen A. Douglas MSS, box 19, folder 16, University of Chicago Library. 7.
Mary Douglas: Collected Works

Mary Douglas: Collected Works

Douglas Profess

This collection reproduces, in facsimile, twelve of Mary Douglas's groundbreaking works, all of which are also available for individual purchase. The first volume includes a new introduction written by Douglas for this collection.
Hyam - The cat who talked too much

Hyam - The cat who talked too much

Pamela Douglas

Pamela. Douglas. 2006. ISBN 978-1-906658-13-7 Hyam Illustrations by Pamela Douglas Published by M-Y Books, 187 Ware Road, Hertford. m-ybooks.co.uk The right of Pamela Douglas to be identified as the author of this work has been ...
Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843

Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843

Reg Ankrom

"With the introduction of Douglas' first bill in 1834, the Douglas-Lincoln contests continued in the decade ahead.
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Index V

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Index V

Douglas C. Lovelace (Jr.)

Douglas C. Lovelace (Jr.), Director Strategic Studies Institute Douglas Lovelace Jr, Jr Douglas Lovelace. Report R41920, Jennifer K. Elsea & Michael John Garcia, July 18, 2011, 126/11/457 Distinguishing Acts of War in Cyberspace: ...
The Neck Pain Solution

The Neck Pain Solution

Douglas Taber

Douglas Taber. THE NECKPAINSOLUTION Freedom from neck pain and headaches through a natural, guided healing approach. Dr. Douglas J. Taber Copyright 2010 Dr. Douglas J. Taber ISBN 978-0-557-61505-6 DISCLAIMER This.
Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Rebecca Sullivan

Nina Leibman and Susan Douglas have recuperated from cinematic history what I here call the virgin melodrama (Douglas calls them pregnancy melodramas although not all of them deal with accidental pregnancies) (Douglas 1994, 73; ...
The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2: Temptation, The Woman in ...

The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2: Temptation, The Woman in ...

Douglas Kennedy

Three outstanding novels in one amazing eBook by internationally bestselling author Douglas Kennedy.
Misconduct

Misconduct

Penelope Douglas

And his long-awaited touch will weaken Easton's resolve - and reveal what should stay hidden . . . Praise for Penelope Douglas: 'Douglas just gets better and better' Samantha Young, author of On Dublin Street and Hero 'Downright explosive.
Journal of Presbyterian History

Journal of Presbyterian History

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Ruth Douglas Currie Appalachian State University Boone, NC Faith and Knowledge: Mainline Protestantism and American Higher Education. By Douglas Sloan. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1 994. xv + 252pp. $20.00.) Douglas ...
Collector's Guide

Collector's Guide

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DOUGLAS KEATS, PHOTOGRAPHER Certified Master Watchmaker - Repair & Service of Fine Watches. DOUGLAS KEATS LA PUEBLA, BETWEEN ESPANOLA AND CHIMAYO FRESSON PRINT DOUGLAS KEATS LA CUEVA. NORTH OF ...
The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion: A Collection of Excerpts

The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion: A Collection of Excerpts

Douglas Kennedy

A glorious sampling of eight amazing novels by the #1 internationally bestselling author Douglas Kennedy—Five Days, The Moment, Leaving the World, The Woman in the Fifth, Temptation, State of the Union, A Special Relationship, and The ...
Thinking about the Emotions: A Philosophical History

Thinking about the Emotions: A Philosophical History

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Douglas, Moggach. Schiller, Scots and Germans: Freedom and Diversity in The Aesthetic Education of Man', Inquiry 51 (2008): 16–36. Douglas, Moggach. Post- Kantian Perfectionism', Politics, Religion and Art: Hegelian Debates, ed. Douglas  ...
Douglas Bader: Fight for the Sky

Douglas Bader: Fight for the Sky

Douglas Bader

Pen and Sword Books are proud to be re-issuing this the only book that the legendary 'legless' ace Douglas Bader (immortalised by the film Reach For The Sky) wrote.
The Douglas Register: Being a Detailed Record of Births, ...

The Douglas Register: Being a Detailed Record of Births, ...

William Douglas

The Reverend William Douglas served both St. James Northam Parish (Dover Church) in Goochland County and in Manakin Town which was part of King William Parish.

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