Table of Contents

Unsolved Crimes: An Introduction
Part One - Avoidance and Evasion
The Problem
The Problem Multiplied
Bogus Solutions
Loopholes without Laws
Loopholes and the Theologians
Could the Hairsplitters Be Right?
The Heart, the Lungs, and the Kidneys of the Matter
An Analogy: Legislation
A Further Analogy: Litigation
The Importance of Pedigree
Implications and Applications: Tax Law and Related Problems
Implications and Applications: Corporate Law and Related Problems
Further Implications and Applications: Cracking the Test, Beating the System, Avoiding the Ticket, and Other Deontological Tricks of Everyday Life
From Restructuring to Reframing
The Consequentialist Frame-Up
Indeterminacy and Doubt
The Short Answer
Part Two - Blackmail and Other Criminal Bargains
The Problem
Blackmail in Relation to "Plain Vanilla" Coercion
Other People's Thoughts
A Puzzle about Punishment
The Punishment Puzzle Resolved
Blackmail Proper
An Objection: The Kreplach Problem
Another Blackmail Paradox
The Insider Trading Puzzle
A Red (But Not Unsavory) Herring: Ignorance and Incommensurability
Another Red Herring: The Hidden Victims of Insider Trading
The Real Problem with Insider Trading: First Version of the Argument
The Real Problem with Insider Trading: Second Version of the Argument
Blackmail, Insider Trading, and Amartya Sen's Libertarian Paradox
The Short Answer
Part Three - The Misappropriation of Glory
The Problem
The Actus Reus of Doing Good
The Mens Rea of Doing Good
Causing Good
Assisting with the Good
Attempting the Good
Defenses and Detractions
Some Questions of Procedure
The Value of a Thing
The Short Answer
Denouement
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index