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Tables of Contents for Intention in Law and Philosophy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Contributors
viii
Series Preface
xii
Thanks and Acknowledgements
xiii
The Intention Project
1
18
Ngaire Naffine
Rosemary Owens
John Williams
PART I: THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTENTION
How Decision Theory Illuminates Assignments of Moral Responsibility
19
18
Frank Jackson
Irresistible Impulse
37
20
Michael Smith
Intention and Agency
57
16
Grant Gillett
PART II: INTENTION AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
Crimes
Negotiating Intentions in Trials of Guilt and Punishment
73
34
Ian D Leader-Elliott
Intention in the Law of Murder
107
22
Sir Anthony Mason
Torts
Mens Rea in Tort Law
129
32
Peter Cane
Tales of Intention: Storytelling and the Rhetoricity of Judgment
161
26
Sandra Berns
Contracts
Intention: Meaning in Relation
187
30
Michael J Detmold
Intention to Contract: Public Act or Private Sentiment?
217
24
Margaret Thornton
PART III: INTENTION AND THE COLLECTIVE
Intention in Groups
Collective Intentions
241
14
Philip Pettit
Bad Faith and Bad Intentions in Corporate Law
255
16
Suzanne Corcoran
Intention in Legal Texts
Postulated Authors and Hypothetical Intentions
271
20
Natalie Stoljar
Legislative Intent and Democratic Decision Making
291
30
Tom Campbell
Constitutional Intention: The Limits of Originalism
321
24
John Williams
PART IV: BEYOND INTENTION?
Intention Versus Reactive Fault
345
14
John Braithwaite
Bibliography
359
16
Index
375