Herbert Wechsler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3876944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Herbert Wechsler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Herbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Wechsler |
| SIGNATURE | WECHSLER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia Law School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1937 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introductory Remarks
Two centuries of national existence surely call for the expressions of devotion they will be evoking throughout this year. This meeting focuses on the framing of the polity and government that have endured. In con sidering the Constitution, we have before us the rich record of the past with its glories and frustrations. We must learn from that record, concentrating on the present and future. To achieve the purpose of this convention, we must feel…
Luncheon Speech
Principles, Politics, and Fundamental Law
On Culpability and Crime: The Treatment of Mens Rea in the Model Penal Code
When conduct has the external attributes of a crime, should further mental elements be required for convic tion, and, if so, what should they be? Decisions have too frequently been imprecise in analysis and inconsistent in re sults, yielding a multitude of single instances which in the ag gregate dilute the moral force that should attach to condemna tion of behavior considered criminal. Criminal liability may justly be based only upon conduct whi…
Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
The Issues of the Nuremberg Trial
Criminal Law and Its Administration: Cases, Statutes, and Commentaries
A Caveat on Crime Control
by similar conferences in various states including New York. Governor Lehman presented a legislative program emanating from his conference which purported to cover the field. A special prosecutor has been investigating racketeering in New York City and has obtained convictions. There has been ample publicity for all these activities. But none of the dilemmas which lie at the root of any effort to deal with crime by law has been exposed to public …
Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
On Culpability and Crime: The Treatment of Mens Rea in the Model Penal Code
When conduct has the external attributes of a crime, should further mental elements be required for convic tion, and, if so, what should they be? Decisions have too frequently been imprecise in analysis and inconsistent in re sults, yielding a multitude of single instances which in the ag gregate dilute the moral force that should attach to condemna tion of behavior considered criminal. Criminal liability may justly be based only upon conduct whi…
A Caveat on Crime Control
by similar conferences in various states including New York. Governor Lehman presented a legislative program emanating from his conference which purported to cover the field. A special prosecutor has been investigating racketeering in New York City and has obtained convictions. There has been ample publicity for all these activities. But none of the dilemmas which lie at the root of any effort to deal with crime by law has been exposed to public …
Criminal Law and Its Administration: Cases, Statutes, and Commentaries
The Issues of the Nuremberg Trial
Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
On Culpability and Crime: The Treatment of Mens Rea in the Model Penal Code
When conduct has the external attributes of a crime, should further mental elements be required for convic tion, and, if so, what should they be? Decisions have too frequently been imprecise in analysis and inconsistent in re sults, yielding a multitude of single instances which in the ag gregate dilute the moral force that should attach to condemna tion of behavior considered criminal. Criminal liability may justly be based only upon conduct whi…
Principles, Politics, and Fundamental Law
Introductory Remarks
Two centuries of national existence surely call for the expressions of devotion they will be evoking throughout this year. This meeting focuses on the framing of the polity and government that have endured. In con sidering the Constitution, we have before us the rich record of the past with its glories and frustrations. We must learn from that record, concentrating on the present and future. To achieve the purpose of this convention, we must feel…
Luncheon Speech
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