LaFave and Ohlin's Criminal Law, 7th Edition is designed to
function as the ideal Hornbook resource for the student studying
Criminal Law. The book includes comprehensive treatment of all
doctrines covered in the basic first-year Criminal Law course,
regardless of which textbook the instructor uses. The materials are
flexible and not keyed to a specific casebook. Doctrines are
carefully explained and are thus ideal for out-of-class study to
supplement more discussion-oriented casebook materials. Core topics
of the Hornbook include: The underlying goals and purposes of the
criminal law, including tensions between crime control and due
process. Principles of statutory interpretation relevant to penal
statutes. The competing rationales for criminal punishment,
constitutional constraints related to sentencing, especially as
regards to capital punishment and sentencing guidelines, and mental
competency to stand trial. A comprehensive treatment of substantive
crimes, not just "core crimes" such as all forms of homicide and
sexual assault, but also all substantive offenses tested on the bar
exam, including assault, battery, theft, robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, and arson, and any other offense that might be included
on a Criminal Law syllabus, including disorderly conduct,
trespassing, and harassment. Modes of liability, including not just
accomplice and conspiracy liability, but also solicitation and
felony murder. The materials explore recent changes to the law in
this area, including California's repeal of the felony murder rule.
Inchoate offenses, including not just attempts, but also
solicitation and conspiracy as inchoate substantive offenses.
Doctrinal coverage of every justification and excuse, including
self-defense, defensive force by police officers, necessity,
duress, and insanity—including the competing doctrines for
evaluating insanity arguments, and partial defenses such as
diminished capacity. LaFave and Ohlin's treatment of the Criminal
Law is so comprehensive that students are urged to keep the
textbook for bar exam study and for initial practice as a criminal
lawyer, since the Hornbook is useful as an easy-to-consult,
one-volume, practice-ready reference work.
General
Imprint: |
West Academic Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Hornbook Series |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Wayne R. Lafave
• Jens David Ohlin
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Dimensions: |
254 x 191mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
1480 |
Edition: |
7th Revised edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-68561-233-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-68561-233-4 |
Barcode: |
9781685612337 |
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