Understanding criminal law /
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| Author / Creator: | Dressler, Joshua. |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | Newark, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, c2006. |
| Description: | 1 v. (various paging) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Understanding series (New York, N.Y.) Understanding series (New York, N.Y.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6109353 |
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.