INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 3
CHAPTER 1. Introduction&RUSSELL L. CHRISTOPHER 3
CHAPTER 2. The Nature and Function of Criminal Theory&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 21
CHAPTER 3. Reply: On "The Nature and Function of Criminal Theory"&KYRON HUIGENS 36
PART Ⅰ PUNISHMENT 43
CHAPTER 4. What Is Punishment Imposed For?&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 43
CHAPTER 5. Reply: The Importance of Asking the Right Question: What Is Punishment Imposed For?&DOUGLAS HUSAK 53
CHAPTER 6. Punishment and Compensation&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 58
CHAPTER 7. Reply: "Punishment and Compensation": A Comment&JOHN GARDNER 70
PART Ⅱ MENS REA AND MISTAKE 79
CHAPTER 8. The Fault of Not Knowing&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 79
CHAPTER 9. Reply: Fletcher on "The Fault of Not Knowing"&LARRY ALEXANDER AND KIMBERLY KESSLER FERZAN 93
CHAPTER 10. Mistake in the Model Penal Code: A False False Problem&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 97
CHAPTER 11. Reply: The Model Penal Code's Mistakes About Mistakes: An Analysis of George Fletcher's "Mistake in the Model Penal Code: A False False Problem"&HEIDI M. HURD 113
PART Ⅲ JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE 121
CHAPTER 12. The Individualization of Excusing Conditions&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 121
CHAPTER 13. Reply: George Fletcher, Critical Feminist: Comment on Fletcher, "The Individualization of Excusing Conditions"&SUSAN R. ESTRICH 144
CHAPTER 14. The Right and the Reasonable&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 150
CHAPTER 15. Reply: The Right and the Reasonable: Analyzing the Basic Idioms of American Criminal Law&VICTORIA NOURSE 169
CHAPTER 16. The Nature of Justification&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 172
CHAPTER 17. Reply: Fletcher on Subjective Justification&PETER WESTEN 183
CHAPTER 18. The Psychotic Aggressor—A Generation Later&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 189
CHAPTER 19. Reply: A View of the Psychotic Aggressor: Two Generations Later&ALON HAREL 203
CHAPTER 20. Domination in the Theory of Justification and Excuse&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 205
CHAPTER 21. Reply: Battered Women, Sleeping Abusers, and Political and Moral Theory&JOSHUA DRESSLER 225
PART Ⅳ DOMINATION AND PROTECTION OF VICTIMS 231
CHAPTER 22. Blackmail: The Paradigmatic Crime&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 231
CHAPTER 23. Reply: The Crime of Trying to Dominate&JUDGE JOHN T. NOONAN JR. 247
CHAPTER 24. Reply: George Fletcher on Blackmail&ALAN WERTHEIMER 250
CHAPTER 25. Justice and Fairness in the Protection of Crime Victims&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 254
CHAPTER 26. Reply: Justice for Victims and Justice for Society&STEPHEN J. SCHULHOFER 263
PART Ⅴ GEORGE FLETCHER REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS 269
CHAPTER 27. Remembrance of Articles Past&GEORGE P. FLETCHER 269
Notes 279
Bibliography 315
Index 319