Criminal law / Joel Samaha, Horace T. Morse Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota

Author: Samaha, Joel
Published: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2017]
Edition: 12th edition.
Physical Description: xix, 582 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

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Criminal law and punishment in U.S. society : an overview -- Constitutional limits on criminal law -- The criminal act : the first principle of criminal liability -- The general principles of criminal liability : Mens Rea, concurrence, ignorance, and mistake -- Defenses to criminal liability I : justifications -- Defenses to ciminal liability II : excuses -- Parties to crime and vicarious liability -- Inchoate crimes -- Crimes against persons I : murder and manslaughter -- Crimes against person II : sex offenses, bodily injury, and personal restraint -- Crimes against property -- Crimes against public order and morals -- Crimes against the state.

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9781305577381 (hbk.)
1305577388 (hbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-563) and indexes.

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