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Criminal Law, 4th Edition

4th Edition
Richard J. Bonnie | Anne M. Coughlin | John C. Jeffries Jr. | Peter W. Low
ISBN: 9781609303914
CasebookPlus ISBN: 9781634595223
Subject: Criminal Law
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 1261
Copyright: 2015 | Status: In Stock
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This casebook features rigorous analysis of legal doctrine positioned against a backdrop of cultural and political debate. Its core is the act and mental state requirements of both the common law and the Model Penal Code. Topics of current interest include sexual assault, stand-your-ground laws, battered woman’s syndrome, the insanity defense, and capital punishment. The chapter on liability for the conduct of another is completely new. It integrates treatment of two doctrinal paths to that result, complicity and conspiracy, beginning with the Supreme Court’s 2014 Rosemond decision and combining consideration of other doctrines common to both.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 05/05/2015

Richard J. Bonnie, University of Virginia School of Law

Anne M. Coughlin, University of Virginia School of Law

John C. Jeffries Jr., University of Virginia School of Law

Peter W. Low, University of Virginia School of Law

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The new edition contains significant revisions in every chapter and major updates based on recent developments in numerous areas. Examples include a completely rewritten chapter on complicity and conspiracy inspired by a 2014 United States Supreme Court opinion, a new section on stand-your-ground laws, and additional materials in the areas of sexual assaults, attempt, juvenile justice, and sentencing.

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