Criminal Law
About this book
Clear and easy to understand, Joel Samaha's best-selling text helps you apply criminal law's enduring foundations and principles to fascinating, current court cases and specific crimes. With a blend of case excerpts and author commentary, the author guides you as you sharpen your critical thinking and legal analysis skills. As you progress through the book, you'll learn about the general principles of criminal liability and its defenses, as well as the elements of crimes against persons, property, society, and the state. You'll also see these principles at work in the cases and crimes that illustrate them. Featuring the latest topics and court cases, real-world illustrations, and study tools to maximize your course success (including MindTap), CRIMINAL LAW, 12th Edition will serve as a valuable reference long after you graduate. In fact, former users report that this is the only book they keep, and those who go on to law school say that it helps them in their criminal law course.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Statement
- Copyright
- For My Students
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Ch 1: Criminal Law and Punishment in U.S. Society
- Ch 2: Constitutional Limits on Criminal Law
- Ch 3: The Criminal Act: The First Principle of Criminal Liability
- Ch 4: The General Principles of Criminal Liability: Mens Rea, Concurrence, Ignorance, and Mistake
- Ch 5: Defenses to Criminal Liability I
- Ch 6: Defenses to Criminal Liability II
- Ch 7: Parties to Crimeand Vicarious Liability
- Ch 8: Inchoate Crimes
- Ch 9: Crimes against Persons I
- Ch 10: Crimes Against Persons II
- Ch 11: Crimes Against Property
- Ch 12: Crimes Against Public Order and Morals
- Ch 13: Crimes Against the State
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Case Index
- Index