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Fordham Law Review Volume 33 Issue 1 Article 1 1964 The Ethical Foundation of Criminal Liability Emilio S. Binavince Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Emilio S. Binavince, The Ethical Foundation of Criminal Liability, 33 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (1964). Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol33/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Law Review by an authorized editor of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Ethical Foundation of Criminal Liability Cover Page Footnote The research for this article was in part carried out during my term as Research Fellow of the Alexander- von-Humbolt-Stiftung at the Rechtsphilosophisches Seminar, University of Bonn, Germany in 1962-1963. I must express my appreciation to the Stiftung for sponsoring this and other works in Germany, and to Professor Hans Welzel, Director of the Rechtsphilosophisches Seminar for his friendly assistance on my work on comparative criminal law. * Assistant Professor of Law, Catholic University of Puerto Rico. This article is available in Fordham Law Review: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol33/iss1/1 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW 1964-1965 VOLUME XXXIII © 1965 by Fordham University Pres EDITORIAL BOARD JOHN J. OrrzmIGE, JR. Editor-in-Chief PA-L R. ADES JoHN M. SAVAE Articles Editor Articles Editor STEWART N. BOXER DAVID R. TREACY JoHn H. WxiNsoN Case Notes Editor Case Notes Editor Case Notes Editor BRxAx D. FrrzGERALD LAwRENCEF N. RosEN Comments Editor Comments Editor WALTER J. MCCARROLL Managing Editor MEMBERS OF THE BOARD JoN C. AniONE ROBERT A. FoRuzzo RicnARD L. KANDELL AGNEs E. ALBAN DANIEL W. FRflTIAN JoHN M. KENNEDY JOHN F. BANNON MICHAEL D. GROSS JOHN A. LANZETTA JOEL A. BRANDT EDWARD F. HAYES, III MAuRICE M. McDERMOTT JOSEPH H. DouGLAs FRANK M. HEADLEY, JR. MATmIAS E. MONF MAuREEN R. DRISCoLL RUDOLv HRADECKY ALBERT J. SATrL R, JR. ROBERT A. FERRIS DENIS R. HuREY JoAN SIDOR JoRDAN J. FIsKE PATUCIA M. HYNES WIxLM P. VERON P=uip R. FoRLENzA HENRY P. WASSERSTEIN ANN V. SuLLIvAN Business Secretary EDITORIAL AND GENERAL OFFICES Lincoln Square, New York, N.Y. 10023 Published four times a year-October, December, March, and May. Member, National Conference of Law Reviews. Printed by the Heffernan Press Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts. Second class postage paid at Worcester, Mass. SUBSCRnmTON PRICE $5.00, SINGLE IssuE $2.00. Make checks payable to FoRDIIAA LAW REvIzw. Subscription renewed automatically unless notified to contrary. TABLE OF LEADING ARTICLES-TITLES Cr]MTM TE Or LC0RPOM7 IOX FOR A NEW YORK CLOSE Conrommom: A Fonm. Robert A. Kessler .................................................................. 541 CoNGRESSIONAL Pov._ To REQumE D=NsE E.P-,Drrurxrs. Gerald W. Davis .... 39 DEmELOPINT OF Scon OF REvIwE i JuDicL Rnvmr or ADmmNmSmTiE AcToIO: MANDA2IUS Am REmw oF DIscm ,ION.Harold Weintraub ................. 359 FREDOM or THE PR.s: Croswell's Case. Morris D. Forhosch ...................... 415 Homca E UhWrz THE PRoposm NEw YoRx Pn. Lw. Robert M. Byrn .......... 173 PAALLEL JummsDicTon: IF THE CouRT or Crxms C.,a, Wny- Nor Tim An~m=nT-nm Bo..Ds? Gilbert A. Cvneo, Eldon H. Crowell .................................. 137 THE AcT or ST.ATE-FoREGN DEzCsos CIT. IN THE Sabbatino C-SE: A RrurAL AiN AEmoRum OF LAW. William Harvey Reeves ....................... 599 THE ETImL FoUNvATIoN CRrINmAL LABIrT. Emilio S. Binavince ............ 1 THE NEW STocm OPTION: PROBLMIS OF THE S-AU,_ COM A . V. Henry Roths- child, 2nd ................................................................. 393 THE RIGmr TO IVEGTIGTEAND NwE YoRE'S "Stop AN, Fnisr" L vr. John A. Ronayne 211 THE SnE oF CoRoPRAE CoNTROL. David C. Bayne, SJ. ............................ 533 TABLE OF LEADING ARTICLES-AUTHORS BATYHF, DAvm C., SJ., The Sale of Corporate Control .............................. 593 BInAviNcr, Emo S., The Ethical Foundation of Criminal Liability .............. 1 BYRN, ROB RT M., Homicde Under the Proposed New Yorh Penal Law ........... 173 CuNEo, G=BrERT A., AND CRoWmm, Er.LDo H., Parallel Jurisdiction: If the Court of Claims Can, Why Not the Administrative Boards? ............................ 137 DAVIs, Gr.LuD W., Congressional Power to Require Defense Expenditures .......... 39 FoRxoscH, MoRms D., Freedom of the Press: CRosLL's CAsr ................... 415 KEssLE-, ROBR A., Certificate of Incorporation for a New Yorh Close Corporation: A Form ................................................................... $41 RERvEs, Wrxix MitaRy, The Act of State-ForeignDecisions Cited in The S.%. -INo Case: A Rebuttal and Memorandum of Law .................................. 59 RONiATHE, jom A., The Right to Investigate and New Yorh's "Stop and Frish" Law 211 Romcmm, V. HmN , 2ND, The New Stoch Option: Problems of the Smaller Company 393 WEnmAUB, H.%oim, Development of Scope of Review in Judicial Review of Admdis- trative Action: Mandamus and Review of Discretion .......................... 359 TABLE OF BOOKS REVIEWED ARozsoN: ST TUs A. KSPm n =HEHIm HR CVm Smivcn. Jeromne S. Ruberstein 351 BiSxnnD & Saao.oN: Bo.UWmAN's EsTAE LNAGEMENT AND AccomTnTI. George J. M cCormacl ............................... ... .......................... 746 FALK: THE ROLE oF DomIsTIc Co r n nm L ,rm-Ao: OIRDE. Howard J. Taubenfeld ................................................................ 533 FEERICE: FRoM F.M.nG ILNDs: THE SToRy OF PrsmErn. SuCcn_ SIO., Edward L. Wright ................................................................. 745 iv FORDHAM LAW REVIEW [Vol. 33 HANSLOWE: PROCEDURES AND PoLICIES oF THE NEW YORK STATE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Jerome S. Rubenstein ................................................ 125 MANNING: FEDERAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAw. Jerome S. Rubenstein .............. 351 SHEMEL & KRA SiLOVSxY: TIS BUSINESS OF Music. Jerome S. Rubenstein .......... 536 TAuBmAN: FINANCING A THEATRICAL PRODUCTION. Jerome S. Rubenstein ............ 536 TONDEL: DISARMAMENT: BACKGROUND PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH HA IMARSKJOLD FORU. Charles E. Rice .................................... 354 YOKLEY: THE LAW OF SUBDrvSIONS. Robert E. Beck .............................. 129 COMMENTS A SOLUTION TO THE DEBT-EQuITY PROBLEM ...................................... 239 CONSTRUCTIONAL DEVIcEs AND THE NEw YORK RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES .......... 259 MEXICAN DIVORCE--A SuRvEY.. ................................................... 449 THE BINDING EFFECT OF A NONADVERSARY STATE COURT DECREE IN A FEDERAL TAX DETERM INATION ............................................................ 705 THE STATUS OF AN INVESTMENT SECURITY HOLDER UNDER ARTICLE 8 ................ 466 TORTIOUS ACT AS A BASIS FOR JURISDICTION IN PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASES ............... 671 TRIAL BY NEWSPAPER .......................................................... 61 1964 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF SECTION 7 OF THE CLAYTON ACT TO HORI- ZONTAL ACQUISITIONS ....................................................... 274 1964-65] INDEX TO VOLUME XXXIII INDEX DIGEST ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE CONFESSIONS See International Law New York Procedure for Determining the Voluntariness of a Confezsion D,- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES clared Unconstitutional (Case Note) See Government Contracts; Judicial Re- view CONFLICT OF INTEREST ADMINISTRATIVE LAV Federal Conflict of Intercst Law.; A Ordinance Providing for Entry by Build- Book Review 351 ing Inspector for Purposes of Obtain- ing Evidence for Criminal Prosecution CONFLICT OF LAWS Held Invalid (Case Note) 297 See also Domestic Relations ANTITRUST Claim Arising from Foreign Gambling Contract Held Enforceable in New 1964 Developments in the Application of York (Case Note) 493 Section 7 of the Clayton Act to Hori- zontal Acquisitions (Comment) 274 CONSTITUTIONAL LAV -Introduction 274 See Civil Rights; -Effect of the Acquisition 276 Confessions; Criminal Procedure; -Existing Competition 276 Freedom of Religion; Freedom of the -Potential Competition 281 Press; Full Faith and Credit; Search -Market Determination 287 and Seizure; Self-Incrimination; Sepa- -Continental Can 2S9 ration of Powers -Alcoa 292 From Failing Hands: The Story of -Conclusion 295 Presidential Succesion, A Book Reiew ARBITRATION State Tax on Liquor Imports from Abroad Held Unconstitutional (Case See Domestic Relations Note) 3O ATTORNEYS CONTRACTS See Unauthorized Practice of Law See Conflict of Laws; Warranty See also Criminal Procedure Right of Attorney Defending Indigent CORPORATIONS Prisoner to Compensation Under the Fifth Amendment Upheld (Case Note) See also Taxation Certificate of Incorporation for a New 93 York Close Corporation: A Form 541 CERTIORARI Fraud on Court Approving Suit Settle- See Judicial Review ment Not Chargeable to Nonpartid- pating Director (Case Note) 97 CITY PLANNING The Sale of Corporate Control 583 -The Premium and the Sale 584 The Law of Subdivisions, A Book Re- -The Nature of the Sale 585 view 129 -The Definitions of Appropriator and CIVIL RIGHTS Controleur 585 -The Power Bases and Genezes of the See also Attorney; Criminal Procedure; Custody 5S6 Freedom of the Press; Labor Law -Total Ownership Appropriation 587 De Facto Segregation-Courts May Not -Fifty-plus Per Cent Ownership 587 Substitute Their Own Judgment for -lere-Incumbency Control 587 the Judgment of Commissioner of -The A.T. & T. 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