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How criminal law works : a conceptual and practical guide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pillsbury, Samuel H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Criminal law > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing criminal law
  • Basic principles of punishment and responsibility
  • The liability formula : essential elements and affirmative defenses
  • Proof and persuasion
  • The voluntary act requirement
  • Introducing mens rea
  • Mens rea in statutory context : the art of reading criminal statutes
  • Mistakes of fact and law
  • Purpose to kill murder
  • Provocation
  • Unintentional killings : depraved heart murder and involuntary manslaughter
  • Felony murder
  • Causation
  • Rape
  • Attempt
  • Accomplice liability
  • Conspiracy
  • Self-defense
  • Intoxication
  • Insanity and related doctrines.