Authors: R A Duff
Publish Date: 2012/07/05
Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 411-427
Abstract
The” Guiding Commitment View” is central to Yaffe’s account of attempts in general and of criminal attempts in particular I argue first that it is too wide since it does not provide a plausible distinction between attempts and “mere preparation” second that on the other hand Yaffe does not do enough to justify a law of criminal attempts rather than a broader law that would also cover endangerment and third that the Guiding Commitment View cannot deal with some difficult issues about the circumstantial aspects of criminal attempts
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