(eBook PDF) Understanding Criminal Law, Eighth Edition 8th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1531007910
- ISBN-13 : 978-1531007911
- Author: Joshua Dressler
Understanding Criminal Law also covers theories of punishment, sources of the criminal law, and overarching principles such as legality and proportionality. The common law is emphasized with extensive comparisons to the Model Penal Code and modern statutes. This edition offers the most significant updating ever, including coverage of quickly changing legal areas, such as sexual assault and self-defense law. Recent and ongoing revisions to the Model Penal Code are also covered.
Table 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 defenses
- Necessity
- Duress
- Intoxication
- Insanity
- Diminished capacity
- Attempt
- Solicitation
- Conspiracy
- Liability for the acts of others: complicity
- Criminal homicide
- Theft
- Rape (sexual assault).
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