Includes bibliographical references and index.

The fault requirement of indecent photographs of children / Alisdair A. Gillespie -- Defining fault in loss of control : determining culpability through excuse theory / Amanda Clough -- Strict liability crimes : the contours of liability and crimogenic impact / Alan Reed -- Causation, fault, and responsibility / G.R. Sullivan, A.P. Simester -- Understanding the 'fault' in prior-fault intoxication : insights from behavioural neuroscience / John J. Child, Hans S. Crombag, Rudi Fortson QC -- Ages of consent and responsibility in criminal law : should they be the same? / Jonathan Herring -- Fault, Article 7 and the courts' development of the criminal law / Jeremy Horder -- 'Crimes of passion' : emotion, fault, and the criminal law / John E. Stannard -- Germany / Kai Ambos, Stefanie Bock -- Australia / Mirko Bagaric -- United States of America / Vera Bergelson -- Russia / Gleb Bogush -- Islam / Mohammad Hedayati-Kakhki -- Africa / Gerhard Kemp, Bernard Ntahiraja -- China / Andra le Roux-Kemp.

"This volume presents a comparative examination of the issue of Fault in Criminal Law. Extant law reveals significant problems in adoption of consistent approaches to doctrinal and theoretical underpinnings of fault liability and culpability thresholds in Criminal Law. This has been exemplified by a plethora of recent jurisprudential authorities revealing varying degrees of confusion and vacillation. This collection focuses on fault liability for inculpation with contributions from leading specialists from different jurisdictions presenting alternative perspectives. The book addresses three specific elements within the arena of fault, embracing an overarching synergy between them. This structure facilitates an examination of UK provisions, with specialist contributions on domestic law, and in contrasting these provisions against alternative domestic jurisdictions as well as comparative contributions addressing a particularised research grid for content. The comparative chapters provide a wider background of how other legal systems treat a variety of specialised issues relating to fault elements in the context of the Criminal Law. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book will be an invaluable resource for researchers, academics and practitioners working in this area"-- Provided by publisher.