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==References== {{Reflist}} * Berman, Mitchell N., ''Justification and Excuse, Law and Morality'', (2003) Vol. 53, No. 1 [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215220235/http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dlj/articles/dlj53p1.htm Duke Law Journal] * Chin, Gabriel J., ''Unjustified: The Practical Irrelevance of the Justification/Excuse Distinction'', (2009) [[University of Michigan]] Journal of Law Reform [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1334291 Social Science Research Network (SSRN)] * Fontaine, Reid G., ''Adequate (Non)Provocation and Heat of Passion as Excuse Not Justification'', (2009) University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1087862 Social Science Research Network (SSRN)] * Gorr, Michael & Harwood, Sterling, (eds.), ''Controversies in Criminal Law''. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. * Gorr, Michael & Harwood, Sterling, (eds.), ''Crime and Punishment: Philosophic Explorations''. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1995. * [[H. L. A. Hart|Hart, H.L.A]] ''Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law''. Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], 1968. {{ISBN|0-19-825181-5}} * Kadish, ''Excusing Crime'', (1987) Vol. 75 [[California Law Review]], 257. * Robinson, P. H. ''Criminal Law Defenses: A Systematic Analysis'', (1982) 82 [[Columbia Law Review]] 199. * Smith, J.C. ''Justification and Excuse in the Criminal Law'', (1989) Crim. LR 93. * Westen & Mangiafico, ''The Criminal Defense of Duress: A Justification, Not an Excuse - And Why It Matters'', (2003) Vol. 6 Buffalo Criminal Law Review, 833. [https://ssrn.com/abstract=503462 Social Science Research Network (SSRN)] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Excuse (Legal)}} [[Category:Contract law]] [[Category:Criminal defenses]] [[Category:Criminal law legal terminology]]
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