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Understanding criminal law
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- Creator
- Joshua Dressler
- Other Title
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- Criminal law
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Sixth edition
- New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xxxvii, 596 pages, 37 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780769848938, 0769848931
- OCLC
- ocn778245035
- Includes bibliographical references and 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