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Omission Distinction

Omission Distinction is a legal doctrine within the framework of actus reus that distinguishes between conduct consisting of affirmative actions and failures to act, thereby determining when a defendant's omission to intervene or assist may give rise to criminal liability under applicable duty-based exceptions.

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2017–2026

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The deliberative stit: A study of action, omission, ability, and obligation

John F. Horty, Nuel Belnap · Journal of Philosophical Logic · 1995 · 253 citations

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Patterns of Moral Judgment Derive From Nonmoral Psychological Representations

Fiery Cushman, Liane Young · Cognitive Science · 2011 · 178 citations · Full text

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A New Asymmetry Between Actions And Omissions*

Carolina Sartorio · Noûs · 2005 · 113 citations

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Action, Omission, and the Stringency of Duties

F. M. Kamm · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1994 · 62 citations

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Why Omissions are Special

A. P. Simester · Legal Theory · 1995 · 32 citations

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Authors

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  1. HA
    Hauser

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  2. DZ
    David Zimmerman

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  3. LY
    Liane Young

    Boston College, United States

    1 publications · 178 citations

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  4. HK
    Helga Kuhse

    Monash University, Australia

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. TC
    Timothy Chappell

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    268 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    197 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    178 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    253 citations

  6. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. Miami University

    Oxford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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  1. The Philosophical Quarterly

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  2. Legal Theory

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  3. Journal of Philosophical Logic

    1 publications · 253 citations

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  4. Philosophy

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. University of Pennsylvania Law Review

    1 publications · 62 citations

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