Understanding criminal law /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Providence, NJ :
LexisNexis,
2012
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| Edition: | 6th ed |
| Series: | Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents:
- Criminal law : an overview
- Principles of criminal punishment
- Sources of the criminal law
- Constitutional limits on the criminal law
- Legality
- Proportionality
- Burdens of proof
- Presumptions
- Actus Reus
- Mens Rea
- Strict liability
- Mistakes of fact
- Mistakes of law
- Causation
- Concurrence of elements
- Defenses: an overview
- Justifications and excuses
- Self-defense
- Defense of others
- Defense of property and habitation
- Law enforcement
- Necessity
- Duress
- Intoxication
- Insanity
- Diminished capacity
- Attempt
- Solicitation
- Conspiracy
- Liability for the acts of others: complicity
- Criminal homicide
- Theft
- Rape