Criminal law /
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| Author / Creator: | LaFave, Wayne R. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. ;student ed. |
| Imprint: | St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1986. |
| Description: | xli, 918 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Hornbook series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/809637 |
| Summary: | Classification and Characterization of Crimes and Proceedings; Theories of Punishment; Burden of Proof; Sources and General Limitations: Common Law Crimes, Statutory Interpretation, Constitutional Limits on Creating Crimes, Jurisdiction; Basic Premises: Act or Omission, Mental States, Liability Without Fault, Causation; Responsibility: Insanity', Intoxication, Infancy; etc.; Justification and Excuse: Ignorance, Mistake, Duress, Necessity, Self-Defense, Defense of Others, etc; Anticipatory Offenses and Parties: Solicitation, Attempt, Conspiracy, Accomplices; Crimes Against the Person: Varieties of Murder, Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter, Aiding or Attempting Suicide, Assault, Battery; Mayhem; Crimes Relating to Property: Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, Theft, Receiving Stolen Property Robbery, Extortion or Blackmail, Burglary. |
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| Item Description: | "This book is an abridgement of LaFave and Scott's two volume Substantive criminal law, in West's criminal practice series." Rev. ed. of: Handbook on criminal law. 1972. Includes index. Kept up to date by pocket supplements. |
| Physical Description: | xli, 918 p. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0314260455 |