Review of Stephen P. Garvey, Guilty Acts, Guilty Minds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)

Abstract

This is a book about culpability in criminal law, and one that sets out to take a whole new approach to the topic. Whereas some theorists have approached culpability in criminal law as an issue in moral philosophy, and others as an issue in political philosophy, Garvey thinks that the general assumption has been that what we are looking to explain is how criminal justice can be compatible with standards of justice. By contrast, Garvey suggests that we should be concerned with how criminal justice can be legitimate. The book.