Clear and easy to understand, Joel Samaha's best-selling CRIMINAL LAW helps you apply criminal law's enduring foundations and principles to fascinating, current court cases and specific crimes. With a balanced blend of case excerpts and author commentary, Samaha guides you as you hone your critical thinking and legal analysis skills. You'll see the principles, defenses, and elements of crime at work as you progress through the book-and 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 crimes against the state. Featuring the latest topics and court cases, as well as many study tools to help you do well in this course, Samaha's CRIMINAL LAW, International Edition, is a text you will want to keep as a valuable reference even after you graduate and begin your career in the criminal justice field of your choosing.
1 The Nature Limits of Criminal Law in U.S. Sciety
2 Constitutional Limits on Criminal Law
3 The General Principles of Criminal Liability: Actus Reue
4 The General Principles of Criminal Liabulity: Men Rea, Concurrence, and Causation
5 Defense to Criminal Liability: Justifications
6 Defense to Criminal Liability: Excuse
7 Parties to Crime and Vicarious Liability
8 Inchoae Crimes: Attempt, Conspiracy, and Solicitation
9 Crimes Aganist Persons I: Criminal Homicide
10 Crimes Against Persons II: Criminal Sexual Conduct, Bodily Injury, and Personal Restraint
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