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Overview
Robinson (U. of Pennsylvania Law School) uses case studies to describe abstract issues in context, showing the diversity of legal rules in the US and current controversies in criminal law. He begins by describing the nature of criminal law, its analytic structure, the legality principle, and theories of punishment. With case studies and commentary he then describes offense requirements, homicide and related issues, inchoate liability, and doctrines of imputation. Within the topic of general defenses he generally describes justification, excuse, and non-exculpatory defenses. He describes the changing patterns of criminality and the means of proving crimes. In the appendices he describes advanced issues and gives selected provisions in model penal codes. This is the successor edition to Robinson's Fundamentals of Criminal Law, second edition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
October 1, 2004
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Pages
1088
Format
Paperback, 2004
ISBN
9780735551756