Attribution (law)

The doctrine of attribution is a legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the criminal act.^[1]^: 347 ^[2]^: 665 Examples include vicarious liability (when acts of another are imputed or "attributed" to a defendant), attempt to commit a crime (even though it was never completed), and conspiracy to commit a crime (when it is not completed or which is committed by another in the conspiracy).^[2]^: 665

References

↑ Rethinking Criminal Law, 2000, Oxford University Press, George P.Fletcher, ISBN 0199881308
1 2 Criminal Law – Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1

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[1] Rethinking Criminal Law, 2000, Oxford University Press, George P.Fletcher, ISBN 0199881308

[CL-2] 1 2 Criminal Law – Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1

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