TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yaffe,Gideon
TI  - Attempts: in the philosophy of action and the criminal law 
SN  - 9780191595530 (ebook) :
AV  - K5090 
U1  - 345.04 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Criminal attempt
KW  - Preparation (Criminal law)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199590667.001.0001
ER  -