
Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs
"Don''t blame the victim" is a cornerstone maxim of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but should the law generally ignore a victim''s behavior in determining a defendant''s liability? Victims'' Rights and Victims'' Wrongs criticizes the current criminal law approach and outlines a more fair, coherent, and efficient set of rules to recognize that victims sometimes co-author their own losses or injuries...
"Don''t blame the victim" is a cornerstone maxim of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but should the law generally ignore a victim''s behavior in determining a defendant''s liability? Victims'' Rights and Victims'' Wrongs criticizes the current criminal law approach and outlines a more fair, coherent, and efficient set of rules to recognize that victims sometimes co-author their own losses or injuries...