Susan Dimock
Biographic Data
| ID | 1402177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Dimock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Dimock |
| SIGNATURE | DIMOCK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rational Deliberation
The Malum prohibitum—Malum in se Distinction and the Wrongfulness Constraint on Criminalization
The criminal law distinction between conduct malum in se and malum prohibitum is five centuries old in common law jurisdictions and yet both its meaning and its usefulness remain matters of debate. I join the fray, arguing (a) that the terms cannot be interpreted literally, but that (b) there is a way of drawing the distinction that is both plausible and useful. Conduct mala in se is conduct that must be prohibited in any just polity, while mala …
A Trilogy of Papers on the Malum prohibitum—Malum in se Distinction in Criminal Law
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The Responsibility of Intoxicated Offenders
Reasonable women in the law
Standards of reasonableness are pervasive in law. Whether a belief or conduct is reasonable is determined by reference to what a ‘reasonable man’ similarly situated would have believed or done in similar circumstances. Feminists rightly objected that the ‘reasonable man’ standard was gender‐biased and worked to the detriment of women. Merely replacing the ‘reasonable man’ with the ‘reasonable person’ would not be sufficient, furthermore, to right…
Why All Feminists Should Be Contractarians
In this article I defend the view that all feminists should be contractarians. Indeed, I argue that feminists should be Hobbesian or rational-choice contractarians at that. The argument proceeds by critically examining some of the main reasons why feminists have been resistant or even hostile to contractarian moral theory, and showing that the criticisms are misguided against Hobbesian versions of the theory. I conclude with a brief positive argu…
Two Virtues of Contractarianism
Liberal Neutrality
The Malum prohibitum—Malum in se Distinction and the Wrongfulness Constraint on Criminalization
The criminal law distinction between conduct malum in se and malum prohibitum is five centuries old in common law jurisdictions and yet both its meaning and its usefulness remain matters of debate. I join the fray, arguing (a) that the terms cannot be interpreted literally, but that (b) there is a way of drawing the distinction that is both plausible and useful. Conduct mala in se is conduct that must be prohibited in any just polity, while mala …
Reasonable women in the law
Standards of reasonableness are pervasive in law. Whether a belief or conduct is reasonable is determined by reference to what a ‘reasonable man’ similarly situated would have believed or done in similar circumstances. Feminists rightly objected that the ‘reasonable man’ standard was gender‐biased and worked to the detriment of women. Merely replacing the ‘reasonable man’ with the ‘reasonable person’ would not be sufficient, furthermore, to right…
Liberal Neutrality
Two Virtues of Contractarianism
Reasonable women in the law
Standards of reasonableness are pervasive in law. Whether a belief or conduct is reasonable is determined by reference to what a ‘reasonable man’ similarly situated would have believed or done in similar circumstances. Feminists rightly objected that the ‘reasonable man’ standard was gender‐biased and worked to the detriment of women. Merely replacing the ‘reasonable man’ with the ‘reasonable person’ would not be sufficient, furthermore, to right…
Why All Feminists Should Be Contractarians
In this article I defend the view that all feminists should be contractarians. Indeed, I argue that feminists should be Hobbesian or rational-choice contractarians at that. The argument proceeds by critically examining some of the main reasons why feminists have been resistant or even hostile to contractarian moral theory, and showing that the criticisms are misguided against Hobbesian versions of the theory. I conclude with a brief positive argu…
The Responsibility of Intoxicated Offenders
The Malum prohibitum—Malum in se Distinction and the Wrongfulness Constraint on Criminalization
The criminal law distinction between conduct malum in se and malum prohibitum is five centuries old in common law jurisdictions and yet both its meaning and its usefulness remain matters of debate. I join the fray, arguing (a) that the terms cannot be interpreted literally, but that (b) there is a way of drawing the distinction that is both plausible and useful. Conduct mala in se is conduct that must be prohibited in any just polity, while mala …
A Trilogy of Papers on the Malum prohibitum—Malum in se Distinction in Criminal Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Rational Deliberation
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Criminal law (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Free Will and Agency (3 works) · Law (3 works)