Criminal Law begins with
the foundations of law and the legal system and then extensively explores
criminal laws and defenses using general state principles, federal law, the
Constitution, and the Model Penal Code as guidelines. Topics covered includes:
Constitutional Protections, The Legal System in the United States, The
Elements of a Crime, Criminal Defenses, Parties to Crime, Inchoate Offenses,
Criminal Homicide, Sex Offenses and Crimes Involving Force, Fear, and Physical
Restraint, Crimes against the Public, Property and Government.
This
note describes the following topics: Features of Criminal Law, Functions of
Criminal Law, Justifications of Criminal Law, The Limits of Criminal Law,
Criminal Responsibility, Criminal Procedure and Evidence.
Author(s): The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This PDF covers the
following contents related to Criminal Law : Introduction, History of
Criminal Law in Iraq, Criminal Law Basics, Punishment, Criminal Procedure,
Conlusion.
Author(s): Iraq Legal Education Initiative, American
University of Iraq, Sulaimani Stanford Law School
Criminal Law begins with
the foundations of law and the legal system and then extensively explores
criminal laws and defenses using general state principles, federal law, the
Constitution, and the Model Penal Code as guidelines. Topics covered includes:
Constitutional Protections, The Legal System in the United States, The
Elements of a Crime, Criminal Defenses, Parties to Crime, Inchoate Offenses,
Criminal Homicide, Sex Offenses and Crimes Involving Force, Fear, and Physical
Restraint, Crimes against the Public, Property and Government.
A classic of both philosophy and jurisprudence, this 1789 work
articulates an important statement of the foundations of utilitarian
philosophy. It also represents a pioneering study of crime and punishment.
Bentham's reasoning remains ever relevant and central to contemporary debates
in moral and political philosophy, economics, and legal theory.
This note covers the following topics: Offenses, Jurisdiction,
Hierarchy Rule, Separation of Time and Place Rule, classifying offences and
scoring offences.
Author(s): U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
Investigation