R. A. Duff

University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy

Professor Emeritus

Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA

United Kingdom

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Intention, Agency and Criminal Liability: Philosophy of Action and the Criminal Law

Intention, Agency and Criminal Liability: Philosophy of Action and the Criminal Law, Blackwell, 1990
Number of pages: 115 Posted: 31 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Action, Criminal Liability, Intention, Recklessness, Responsibility

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Pre-Trial Detention and the Presumption of Innocence

PREVENTIVE JUSTICE, A.J. Ashworth, L. Zedner, P. Tomlin, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-31
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Jul 2012
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Presumption of innocence; bail, pre-trial detention

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Introduction: A Theory of Criminalization?

Forthcoming, The Realm of Criminal Law (Oxford University Press)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Jan 2018
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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criminal law, criminalization, civil order, public wrong, political community

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Towards a Modest Legal Moralism

Criminal Law and Philosophy, Vol. 8, 2013, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-28
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Legal Moralism, processes of criminalization, public wrongs, the public realm

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Legal Moralism and Public Wrongs

Legal, Moral, and Metaphysical Truths: The Philosophy of Michael S Moore, K. K. Ferzan & S. Morse (eds), Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-17
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Jun 2015
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Criminal law, legal moralism, retributivism, public wrongs, professional ethics

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Moral and Criminal Responsibility: Answering and Refusing to Answer

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Moral and Criminal Responsibility: Answering and Refusing to Answer

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Oct 2017
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Watson, Shoemaker, responsibility, accountability, answerability, capacities, standing

Moral and Criminal Responsibility: Answering and Refusing to Answer

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Dec 2017
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Watson, Responsibility, Accountability, Answerability, Capacities, Standing

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Relational Reasons and the Criminal Law

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law, Vol. 2, 2012, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-30
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Jul 2012
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Relational reasons, criminal law, authority of criminal law

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'Abstract Endangerment,' Two Harm Principles, and Two Routes to Criminalization

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-19
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jul 2015
R. A. Duff and S. E. Marshall
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy and University of Stirling
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Abstract Endangerment, Two Harm Principles, Two Routes to Criminalization

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Presuming Innocence

Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth (J. Roberts & L. Zedner, eds.), Oxford University Press, Forthcoming , Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper 12-32
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Jul 2012
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Presumption of innocence, burdens of proof, reverse burdens, reasonable doubt, legal and moral innocence

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Who Must Presume Whom to Be Innocent of What?

Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper 12-65
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Dec 2012
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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presumption of innocence, civil trust, defendants' rights and responsibilities, bail, ex-offenders

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Torts, Crimes, and Vindication: Whose Wrong Is It?

Unravelling Tort and Crime, M. Dyson, ed., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-07
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 Jan 2014
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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tort law, criminal law, vindication

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A Democratic Criminal Law

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-20
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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democracy, citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, civic roles, collateral consequences

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Process, Not Punishment: The Importance of Criminal Trials for Transitional and Transnational Justice

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-03
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 Jan 2014
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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trials, transitional justice, international criminal law

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Criminal Responsibility and the Emotions: If Fear and Anger Can Exculpate, Why Not Compassion?

Inquiry, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-05
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 Jan 2014
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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duress, provocation, assisting suicide, euthanasia, justification and excuse

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Repairing Harms and Answering for Wrongs

Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law, John Oberdiek, ed., Oxford University Press, 2014, Forthcoming , Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-06
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Jan 2014
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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tort law, criminal law, cost allocation, civil recourse, Goldberg and Zipursky

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Criminalizing Hate?

Hate, Politics, Law, T. Brudholm & B. Schepelern Johansen (eds.), Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-34
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Nov 2015
R. A. Duff and S. E. Marshall
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy and University of Stirling
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Hatred, criminal law, civic wrongs, liberal democracy

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Civic Punishment

Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration, A. W. Dzur, I. Loader & R. Sparks (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-33
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Nov 2015
R. A. Duff and S. E. Marshall
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy and University of Stirling
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Punishment, criminal process, democratic republic, citizenship, civic roles

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Legal Reasoning, Good Citizens, and the Criminal Law

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-18
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Jun 2015
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Legal reasoning, civic roles, citizens, jurors

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Aut Dedere Aut Judicare

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-04
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Jan 2014
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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extradition, jurisdiction, ambit, venue

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Criminal Law and the Constitution of Civil Order

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2019
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Criminal law, public law, legal moralism, civil order

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Two Models of Criminal Fault

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Jul 2019
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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criminal fault, recklessness, negligence, German law, dolus eventualis

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Discretion and Accountability in a Democratic Criminal Law

Prosecutors and Democracy, ed. M Langer and D Sklansky, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-1107187559
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Oct 2017
R. A. Duff
University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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Prosecutors, Accountability, Criminal Trial, Democracy, Discretion, Public Interest

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'De Minimis' and the Structure of the Criminal Trial

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Oct 2020
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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De Minimis, Dismissals, Offences and Defenses, Pro Tanto and Prima Facie Wrongs, Prosecutorial Discretion, Presumption of Innocence

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Probation, Punishment and Restorative Justice: Should Al Turism Be Engaged in Punishment?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jul 2003
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy
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'Thank God I Failed'

Moral Puzzles and Legal Perplexities: Essays on the Influence of Larry Alexander, ed. Heidi Hurd, Cambridge University Press
Posted: 19 Oct 2017
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy

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Alexander, criminal attempt, failure, moral ledger

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Theorizing Criminal Law: A 25th Anniversary Essay

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 353-367, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy

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Punishment, Dignity and Degradation

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 141-155, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
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University of Stirling - Department of Philosophy

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