01329nam a2200289Ia 4500 305454 OCoLC 20160527185125.0 101229s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng 2010487909 9780199590667 (hbk.) 0199590664 (hbk.) (OCoLC)695685340 PUCPR cicg K 5090 .Y34 2010 345.04 22 Yaffe, Gideon 292639 Local Attempts in the philosophy of action and the criminal law Gideon Yaffe. New York Oxford University Press 2010. x, 349 p. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index. Rationalizing the criminalization of attempt -- The need for an intention -- The nature of trying -- The intention in attempt -- Circumstances and "impossibility" -- If it can't be done intentionally can it be tried? -- Trying by asking: solicitation as attempt -- The need for an act -- Stupid plans and inherent impossibility -- The act in attempt -- Abandonment and change of mind -- Is it unfair to punish completed crimes more than attempts? Criminal attempt 82124 Local Criminal attempt United States. 82124 Local USA. 183575 Local 223930 223930 0 0 lc 0 K_5090_000000000000000__Y34_2010 0 cil 76543 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Oxford 60.00 492283 0 K 5090 .Y34 2010 70000000892360 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:305454 6