01354nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000076925 StDuBDS 20170910141113.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101209s2011 enk fo 001 0 eng|d 9780191595530 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS K5090 345.04 22 Yaffe, Gideon, 1971- Attempts : in the philosophy of action and the criminal law / [electronic resource] Gideon Yaffe. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. Includes bibliographical references and index. Here, Yaffe demonstrates the importance of philosophy of action for the law. Many people are serving sentences not for completing crimes, but for trying to. Yaffe's clear account of what it is to try to do something promises to resolve the difficulties courts face in the adjudication of attempted crimes. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 21, 2010). Criminal attempt. Preparation (Criminal law) Print version 9780199590667 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199590667.001.0001 ddc BK 36411 36411