The Ostrich Instruction: Deliberate Ignorance as a Criminal Mens Rea
Item Type
Author
Language
English
Abstract
The criminal-law doctrine of deliberate ignorance, or "willful blindness," is an area that raises both legal and philosophical issues concerning the level of subjective conviction and objective evidence that constitutes knowledge. Professor Glanville Williams described willful blindness in the following terms:
Subject
Criminal law
Model Penal Code
Willful blindness
Publication Year
1990
Publication Date
1990
Publisher
Source
papers.ssrn.com
License
Publication Place
Rochester (NY)
Short Title
The Ostrich Instruction