The legal responsibility for enforcement offences: theoretical and methodological problems

Legal Enforcement of Morality

Legal causation and responsibility for causing harm.

In the legal setting, "cause" is composed of at least two distinct components, of which only one is related to "causality" as scientists understand it. I argue that the alleged separation of the social issue of "scope of responsibility" from the objective question of scientific causality is illusory. "Scientific causality" also plays an essential social role in the legal setting.

Legal Responsibility of the Drunkard

We can well agree with Mr. Barnett when he says that a book dealing with the legal responsibility of the drunkard from the medical standpoint has been much needed by both the medical and legal professions. The present little book aims at showing how far the alcoholic criminal is responsible and we can say that Mr. Barnett has well succeeded in his aim. No doubt drunkenness is at first a vicious

Legal Responsibility of the Drunkard

An introduction is followed by ten chapters which deal with " Crime and Responsibility," " Heredity," " Legal attitude towards and Legal Penalties for Drunkenness," &c. A most important chapter follows dealing with the " Legal Capacities of these Cases," and treats of their legal responsibilities, their ability to manage their own affairs, and to be accepted as witnesses. The last chapter is up...

Legal Standards, Enforcement, and Corruption

Stricter laws require more incisive and costlier enforcement. Because enforcement activity depends both on available tax revenue and the honesty of officials, the optimal legal standard of a benevolent government is increasing in per capita income and decreasing in officials’ corruption. In contrast to the “tollbooth view” of regulation, the standard chosen by a self-interested government is a ...