Dressler, Joshua,

Understanding criminal law / Joshua Dressler - Third edtion - New York : Lexis Pub , ©2001 - xliii, 598, 3, 18, 10 pages ; 25 cm

Includes index

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 -- Necessity -- Duress -- Intoxication -- Insanity -- Diminished capacity -- Attempt -- Solicitation -- Conspiracy -- Liability for the acts of others: complicity -- Criminal homicide -- Theft -- Rape

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Criminal law--United States

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