Book contents
- The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law
- The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Glanville Llewelyn Williams 1911–1997: a biographical note*
- 2 Glanville’s inspiration
- 3 Preventive orders and the rule of law
- 4 The specialness of the general part of the criminal law
- 5 Four distinctions that Glanville Williams did not make: the practical benefits of examining the interrelation among criminal law doctrines
- 6 Reflections onDudley and Stephensand killing the innocent: taking a wrong conceptual path
- 7 Intention revisited
- 8 A disintegrated theory of culpability
- 9 Mental disorder and sexual consent: Williamsand after
- 10 Sir Michael Foster, Professor Williams and complicity in murder
- 11 Williams versus Kamisar on euthanasia: a classic debate revisited
- 12 The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world
- 13 The duty to preserve life and its limits in English criminal law
- 14 Professing criminal law
- Index
12 - The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law
- The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Glanville Llewelyn Williams 1911–1997: a biographical note*
- 2 Glanville’s inspiration
- 3 Preventive orders and the rule of law
- 4 The specialness of the general part of the criminal law
- 5 Four distinctions that Glanville Williams did not make: the practical benefits of examining the interrelation among criminal law doctrines
- 6 Reflections onDudley and Stephensand killing the innocent: taking a wrong conceptual path
- 7 Intention revisited
- 8 A disintegrated theory of culpability
- 9 Mental disorder and sexual consent: Williamsand after
- 10 Sir Michael Foster, Professor Williams and complicity in murder
- 11 Williams versus Kamisar on euthanasia: a classic debate revisited
- 12 The failure of the defence of necessity as a mechanism of legal change on assisted dying in the common law world
- 13 The duty to preserve life and its limits in English criminal law
- 14 Professing criminal law
- Index
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- The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal LawThe Legacy of Glanville Williams, pp. 274 - 295Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013