Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Boo! My scary new manuscript on knowledge and belief as criminal mental states
Nothing is more frightening than a manuscript the first sentence of which includes the word "undertheorized." So if you're looking for a Halloween scare, take a look at the manuscript I just posted on SSRN, Knowledge and Belief as Criminal Law Mental States (forthcoming, Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law). On the less scary side, it isn't very long, and I still have time to make changes, so you have a chance to save others the terror of investing energy in something that is wrong. I offer some descriptive and normative ideas about the prevalence of "knowledge" and "belief" not only in grading provisions, but also as the dividing line between criminal and noncriminal conduct.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2018/10/boo-my-scary-new-manuscript-on-knowledge-and-belief-as-criminal-mental-states.html