Screen LibraryCriminal law：case studies & controversies
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Aspen Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xliii, 1176 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780735569270 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0735569274 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780735569287 (pbk. : teach man.) 0735569282 (pbk. : teach man.) |
| Index Number: | D971 |
| CLC: | D971.24 |
| Call Number: | D971.24/R663/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The nature of criminal law and its analytic structure -- The legality principle -- Theories of punishment -- Culpability requirements -- Culpability and mistake -- Homicide : doctrines of aggravation -- Death penalty -- Homicide : doctrines of mitigation -- Causation -- Attempt liability -- Impossibility -- Conspiracy -- Voluntary intoxication -- Complicity -- The act requirement and liability for an omission -- Corporate criminality -- Lesser evils defense -- Public authority justifications -- Defensive force justifications -- Mistake as to a justification -- Mistake excuses -- Insanity -- Disability excuses -- Nonexculpatory defenses -- Entrapment -- Rape -- Hate crimes. |