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Understanding criminal law

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Publication details: London Sweet & Maxwell 2001Edition: 3rdDescription: 321p ixISBN:
  • 9780820550275
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.000000 CLA
Contents:
Contents: 1. Criminal law: an overview; 2. Principles of criminal punishment; 3. Sources of the criminal law; 4. Constitutional limits on the criminal law; 5. Lagality ; 6. Proportionality; 7. Burdens of proof; 8. Presumptions; 9. Actus reus; 10. Mens rea; 11. Strict liability; 12. Mistakes of fact; 13. Mistakes of law; 14. Causation; 15. Concurrence of elements; 16. Defenses: an overview; 17. Justifications and excuses; 18. Self-defense; 19. Defense of others; 20. Defense of property and habitation; 21. Law enforcement; 22. Necessity; 23. Duress; 24. Intoxication; 25. Insanity; 26. Diminished capacity; 27. Attempt; 28. Solicitation; 29. Conspiracy; 30. liability for the acts of others: complicity; 31. Criminal homicide; 32. Theft; 33. Rape; Table of References to the Model Penal Code; Table of Cases.
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Contents:
1. Criminal law: an overview;
2. Principles of criminal punishment;
3. Sources of the criminal law;
4. Constitutional limits on the criminal law;
5. Lagality ;
6. Proportionality;
7. Burdens of proof;
8. Presumptions;
9. Actus reus;
10. Mens rea;
11. Strict liability;
12. Mistakes of fact;
13. Mistakes of law;
14. Causation;
15. Concurrence of elements;
16. Defenses: an overview;
17. Justifications and excuses;
18. Self-defense;
19. Defense of others;
20. Defense of property and habitation;
21. Law enforcement;
22. Necessity;
23. Duress;
24. Intoxication;
25. Insanity;
26. Diminished capacity;
27. Attempt;
28. Solicitation;
29. Conspiracy;
30. liability for the acts of others: complicity;
31. Criminal homicide;
32. Theft;
33. Rape;
Table of References to the Model Penal Code;
Table of Cases.

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