The Voodoo We Do: Harm, Impossibility, and the Reductionist Impulse

Cole, Kevin

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The Voodoo We Do: Harm, Impossibility, and the Reductionist Impulse

Kevin Cole

University of San Diego School of Law

May 30, 1994

Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1994

Abstract:
This article assesses the debate over "subjectivist" and "objectivist" accounts of criminal law through the familiar "voodoo doctor" example.

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Keywords: criminal law theory, harm, subjectivism, objectivism

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Date posted: December 8, 2010

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Cole, Kevin L., The Voodoo We Do: Harm, Impossibility, and the Reductionist Impulse (May 30, 1994). Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1994. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1721888

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