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Foreword: Is Justice Just Us?

dc.contributor.authorSlobogin, Christopher, 1951-
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-27T21:33:00Z
dc.date.available2014-10-27T21:33:00Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citation28 Hofstra L. Rev. 601 (2000)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6825
dc.descriptionarticle published in law reviewen_US
dc.description.abstractThis is a review of JUSTICE, LIABILITY AND BLAME, by Paul Robinson and John Darley. The book is a summary of 18 studies which surveyed lay subjects about their attitudes toward various aspects of criminal law doctrine, including the act requirement for attempt, omission liability, accomplice liability, the felony-murder role, and the intoxication and insanity defenses. In virtually every study, the authors found that the subjects disagreed with the Model Penal Code's position, the common law's position, or both. The authors contend that results of surveys such as theirs should play a significant role in designing criminal doctrine, both because lay opinion can inform the normative judgments inherent therein and because gaps between the law and the public's views can exacerbate noncompliance with the law. This review argues that neither reason supports giving significant weight to such surveys. It also quibbles with minor aspects of the authors' methodology. The overall conclusion, however, is that the book "generates numerous interesting hypotheses for criminal theoreticians" and "teaches useful lessons to all those who would do social science in the service of the law."en_US
dc.format.extent1 PDF (11 pages)en_US
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dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherHofstra Law Reviewen_US
dc.subject.lcshSociological jurisprudence -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshRobinson, Paul H., 1948- . Justice, liability, and blameen_US
dc.titleForeword: Is Justice Just Us?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.ssrn-urihttp://ssrn.com/abstract=10273


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