The sanctity of life and the criminal law : the legacy of Glanville Williams / edited by Dennis J. Baker and Jeremy Horder. - xiii, 357 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Glanville Llewelyn Williams 1911-1997 : a biographical note / Peter Glazebrook -- Glanville's inspiration / George P. Fletcher -- Preventive orders and the rule of law / Andrew Ashworth -- The specialness of the general part of the criminal law / Michael S. Moore -- Four distinctions that Glanville Williams did not make : the practical benefits of examining the interrelation among criminal law doctrines / Paul H. Robinson -- Reflections on Dudley and Stephens and killing the innocent : taking a wrong conceptual path / Joshua Dressler -- Intention revisited / Antony Duff -- A disintegrated theory of culpability / Andrew Simester -- Mental disorder and sexual consent: Williams and after / John Stanton-Ife -- Sir Michael Foster, Professor Williams and complicity in murder / Sir Roger Toulson -- Williams v Kamisar on euthanasia : a classic debate revisited / John Keown -- The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world / Penney Lewis -- The duty to preserve life and its limits in English criminal law / Antje du Bois-Pedain -- Professing criminal law / A.T.H. Smith.

9781107020474 (hbk.)


Williams, Glanville 1911-1997.


Criminal law--Philosophy.
Law and ethics.
Criminal law--Philosophy.--Great Britain
Law teachers--England--Biography.

KD632.W553 / S26 2013