Relating to Responsibility

The essays in this volume,written by eight of the world's leading legal theorists and philosophers, began life as papers presented at seminars (held in Canberra and New York) devoted to the ideas of Tony Honoré, who is one of the most important legal thinkers of his generation. The focus is on issues dealt with in Honoré's recent book, Responsibility and Fault (1999), including determinism and luck, causation, outcome responsibility, and the morality of strict liability. Honoré's book, and these essays, discuss fundamental questions about the relationship between moral and legal responsibility. They explore the contribution that the philosophy of action and of mind can make to understanding the law.

Auteur

John Gardner is Professor of Jurisprudence and Fellow of University College, Oxford.

Contenu

1. Responsibility and self-control
   Michael Smith

2. The capacity to have done otherwise: an agent-centred view
   Philip Pettit

3.Private law and private narratives
Arthur Ripstein

4. Honoré on responsibility for outcomes
   Stephen R. Perry

5. Responsibility and fault: a relational and functional approach to responsibility
   Peter Cane

6. Obligations and outcomes in the law of torts
   John Gardner

7. Unpacking "causation"
   Jane Stapleton

8. Private law: between visionaries and bricoleurs
   William Lucy

9. Appreciations and responses
   Tony Honoré