Defences to crime [electronic resource] : the adjudged cases in the American and English reports wherein the different defences to crimes are contained, with notes.

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Other Authors: Horrigan, L. B. (Contributor), Thompson, Seymour D. (Seymour Dwight), 1842-1904 (Contributor), Lawson, John D. (John Davison), 1852-1921 (Contributor)
Other title:Vol. II has title: Adjudged cases, defenses to crime.
Vol. VI has title: Adjudged cases on defenses to crime.
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Sumner Whitney & Co., 1874-1892.
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Table of Contents:
  • [Vol. I]. Select American cases on the law of self-defence / by L.B. Horrigan and Seymour D. Thompson
  • vol. II. Embracing the adjudged cases on insanity as a defence to crime, with notes / by John D. Lawson
  • vol. III. Including the disabilities of parties (as corporations, coverture, and infancy); criminal irresponsibility of principal and agent; non-liability for accident; ignorance and mistake of law and fact; duress; consent as an answer to a criminal charge; the non-responsibility for acts of omission and for attempts, with notes / by John D. Lawson
  • vol. IV. Including the special defences to crimes against the public, viz.: crimes against the laws of nature; against the government; against public justice; against the public peace; and public nuisances; also certain crimes against the property of individuals, as arson; blackmailing and threatening; burglary and embezzlement, with notes / by John D. Lawson
  • vol. V. Including special defences to crimes against the property and persons of individuals, viz: forgery; fraud and false pretenses; larceny; receiving stolen property; robbery; abduction; seduction; assault; assault and battery; assault with intent; false imprisonment; rape and homicide, with notes / by John D. Lawson
  • vol. VI. Being the first supplementary volume to the original series, and including the subjects of self-defense; insanity and drunkenness; disabilities and non-liability; crimes against the public; and crimes against the person and property of individuals, with notes / by John D. Lawson.