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Act Distinction

Act Distinction is a theoretical construct within criminal law that identifies the fundamental separation between voluntary bodily movements and mere physical occurrences, thereby distinguishing conduct that may constitute the actus reus of an offense from involuntary or non-actional states.

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2017–2026

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Publications

9

Austin on Locutionary and Illocutionary Acts

John R. Searle · The Philosophical Review · 1968 · 379 citations

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Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

Friederike Moltmann, Mark Textor · PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) · 2017 · 57 citations

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Must we defend Nazis?: hate speech, pornography, and the new First Amendment

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 50 citations

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The Man Who Mistook his <i>Handlung</i> for a <i>Tat</i>: Hegel on Oedipus and Other Tragic Thebans

Constantine Sandis · Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain · 2010 · 34 citations

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Abilities to Act

Randolph Clarke · Philosophy Compass · 2015 · 31 citations

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Authors

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  1. RC
    Randolph Clarke

    Florida State University, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  2. PM
    Patricia M. Smith

    Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  3. AM
    Annemarie Mol

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  4. JR
    John R. Searle

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    1 publications · 379 citations

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  5. CI
    Cima

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

5

  1. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  4. Oxford Brookes University

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  5. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the history of philosophy

    JHP · 1 publications · 10 citations

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  2. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)

    Repository · 1 publications · 57 citations

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  4. Philosophy Compass

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  5. Legal Theory

    1 publications · 24 citations

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