On special protections for rescuers and helpers |
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| Authors: | Tom Sorell |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Essex, Colchester, UK |
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| Abstract: | There is something intuitively correct about singling out emergency workers for legal protection, and for criminalizing not
just assault, but obstruction. Moreover, at least one sophisticated theory of right and wrong – Scanlon’s—indicates some deep
reasons for endorsing these intuitions. After applying Scanlon’s theory in the relevant way, I want to argue that the same
grounds it provides for recent Scottish legislation and UK sentencing guidelines can also be given for punishing more seriously
offences that current English law trivialises.
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| Keywords: | Emergency Public sector workers Rescuers Assault Obstruction |
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