Criminal law.

Criminal law.

"Let's face it, legal textbooks can be dry. This is unfortunate because law, especially criminal law, is an intrinsically compelling topic. To hold your attention and keep you alert, Criminal Law employs a variety of instructional techniques that should engage you from start to finish.&quo...

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Imprint:Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2015-
Minneapolis : Open Textbook Library
©2015-
Description:1 online resource : color illustrations
Language:English
Series:Open textbook library.
Open Textbook Library.
Subject:Criminal law -- United States -- Textbooks.
Criminal law.
United States.
Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Format: E-Resource Journal
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11364423
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Other authors / contributors:Open Textbook Library, distributor.
Frequency:Updated irregularly.
ISBN:9781946135087
1946135089
9781453324127
1453324127
Notes:Author removed at request of original publisher. This edition adapted from a work originally produced in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that it not receive attribution.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license.
Online version, 2015 edition; title from online version (viewed on May 19, 2017).
Summary:"Let's face it, legal textbooks can be dry. This is unfortunate because law, especially criminal law, is an intrinsically compelling topic. To hold your attention and keep you alert, Criminal Law employs a variety of instructional techniques that should engage you from start to finish."--Open Textbook Library website.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to criminal law
  • The legal system in the United States
  • Constitutional protections
  • The elements of a crime
  • Criminal defenses
  • Parties to crime
  • Inchoate offenses
  • Criminal homicide
  • Sex offenses and crimes involving force, fear, and physical restraint
  • Crimes against property
  • Crimes against the public
  • Crimes against the government.

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