David Hamer
Ashgate Dartmouth
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The subject of intention in the criminal law is currently causing many debates among criminal lawyers. This compelling and probing volume addresses two key questions: should the criminal law distinguish between direct intention and recklessness and what should the law be concerning cases of 'oblique intention' - i.e. cases in which the actor does not act in order to cause the proscribed result but is nevertheless practically certain that his or her action will cause it?