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Table of Contents. Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Law. Chapter 2: The Legal System in the United States. Chapter 3: Constitutional Protections. Chapter 4: The Elements of a Crime. Chapter 5: Criminal Defenses, Part 1. Chapter 6: Criminal Defenses, Part 2. Chapter 7: Parties to Crime.
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1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure....
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1.1 Introduction – Criminal Law. Learning Objective. Define...
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- Professor of Law and Director of Lawyering Skills & Values Program
- Director of Legal Writing and Professor of Law
- David Crump
- Neil P. Cohen
- Dedications
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- Acknowledgments
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Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law School
Drake University Law School CRIMINAL LAW: CASES, MATERIALS, AND LAWYERING STRATEGIES THIRD EDITION
John B. Neibel Professor of Law University of Houston Law Center
Retired W.P. Toms Distinguished Professor of Law, and UTK Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law
The Third Edition is dedicated to our friend and coauthor Professor Penny Pether, who passed away from a lengthy and difficult illness during its preparation. We miss her energy, warmth, and substantial intellectual abilities. Although her extended illness prevented her from participating in this edition, the book continues to reflect her many cont...
Penny Pether submitted the following dedication before her death: For Professor David S. Caudill, with sincere thanks and profound gratitude; for my remarkable students, with genuine affection; and for my co-authors, for pulling my weight as well as theirs in this shocker of a year. From John Parry: To my family From Neil Cohen: To my newest daught...
For the Third Edition, we are grateful for the outstanding research assistance of Jennifer Kristiansen (Lewis & Clark Law School) and Guy Noyes (University of San Francisco Law School), to Dean Ron Micon of the University of San Francisco Law School for generous support of the project, and to Lisa Frenz and Sue Page at Lewis & Clark Law School for ...
We Wanted to Create a Different Kind of Criminal Law Casebook from those that are already on the market. But at the same time, we wanted a familiar organization, with all of the subjects that are part of a traditional casebook. Traditional Organization and Coverage. This casebook contains all of the subjects that ought to be covered in a first cour...
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A textbook on the basic concepts and principles of criminal law in the United States, covering topics such as criminal responsibility, jurisdiction, punishment, and crimes. Includes definitions, focus boxes, practicums, and endnotes to enhance understanding and readability.
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1.4 The sources of criminal law The criminal law is a creature of the common law, that is, judge made law. Some of the most important crimes have their source in the common law. Murder and manslaughter are obvious examples. However, the majority of criminal offences are now statute based. Such offences may either have originated in statute or are
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The Principles of Criminal Law. Basic principles essential for understanding the criminal law include the concepts of criminal acts, criminal intent, the concurrence between acts and intent, causality, responsibility, and defenses. Categories of Crime. Felonies are punishable by death or by imprisonment for more than a year.
