Appraising Strict Liability [Hardcover]

This book is a collection of original essays offering the first full-length consideration of the problem of strict liability in the criminal law: that is, the problem of criminal offences that allow a defendant to be convicted without proof of fault. Because of its potential to convict blameless persons, strict liability is a highly controversial phenomenon in the criminal law. Including Anglo-American and European perspectives, the contributions provide a sustained and wide-ranging examination of the fundamental issues. The breadth and depth of the chapters combine to present readers with a sophisticated analysis of the place and legitimacy of strict liability in the criminal law.


1. Six Senses of Strict Liability: A Plea for Formalism,Stuart P. Green
2. Is Strict Liability Always Wrong?,A.P. Simester
3. Wrongs and Faults,John Gardner
4. Strict Liability, Justice and Proportionality,Douglas N. Husak
5. Whose Values should Determine when Liability is Strict?,Jeremy Horder
6. Strict Liability, Legal Presumptions and the Presumption of Innocence,R.A. Duff
7. Strict Liability and the Presumption of Innocence,Paul Roberts
8. Strict Liability for Criminal Offences in England and Wales Following Incorporation into English Law of the European Convention on Human Rights,G.R. Sullivan
9. Imposing Constitutional Limits on Strict Liability: Lessons from the American Experience,Alan C. Michaels
10. Approaches to Strict and Constructive Liability in Continental Criminal Law,John R. Spencer and Antje Pedain

Andrew P. Simesteris Professor of Legal Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics, University of Cambridge. His main interests lie in the fields of jurisprudence, criminal law, and private law theory, and he has published in these areas in every major common lawlC$