A short & happy guide to criminal law [electronic resource] / Joseph E. Kennedy.

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Online Access: Full Text (via West Academic)
Main Author: Kennedy, Joseph E. (Author)
Other title:Criminal law
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Eagan, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2024]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Short & happy law series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking like a lawyer and learning like a law student
  • An overview of criminal law
  • The criminal process
  • Statutory interpretation and sources of law
  • Philosophies of punishment
  • The guilty hand
  • The guilty mind
  • Mistakes and the guilty mind
  • Intoxication
  • Homicide: an overview
  • Common law murder
  • Premeditated and deliberate murder
  • Felony murder
  • Manslaughter
  • Causation
  • Rape
  • Miscellaneous crimes against the person
  • Property crimes
  • Inchoate crimes: an overview
  • Solicitation
  • Conspiracy
  • Attempt
  • Complicity and liability for crimes of others
  • Defensive force
  • Duress and necessity
  • Insanity and related defenses
  • Tips for writing law school exam answers.