Understanding criminal law
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New Providence, NJ :
LexisNexis
cop. 2012
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| Edición: | 6th ed |
| Colección: | ,The understanding series
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003611279708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
