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Criminal Law Simons
(First created Dec 2020)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1: Introduction
- 2.1.5: Omissions: Note on Legal Duties
- 2.2: Assignment: Practice Exam #1
- 3.1: Class #5: Introduction to Mental States
- 3.2.1: Modern Culpability Levels (Robinson)
- 3.2.5: Minimum Culpability Requirements (Robinson)
- 3.2.6: Default Mens Rea: Question
- 3.2.8.1: Willful Blindness: State v. Nations
- 3.3.1: Worksheet: Definitions of Key Common Law Crimes
- 3.3.3: People v. Navarro
- 3.3.4: Mistake and Mens Rea (Robinson)
- 3.4.1: MPC/NYPL Mental State Questions
- 3.4.2: Putting Mens Rea and Actus Reus Together: NYPL Assault
- 3.4.3: Putting Mens Rea and Actus Reus Together: NYPL Burglary
- 3.5.1: Introduction to Strict Liability (Robinson & Wasserstrom)
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Criminal Law Simons
(First created Jun 2020)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1.4: Class #1: Introduction & Principles of Punishment
- 1.5: Class #2: Punishment Theory in the Real World
- 1.6: Class #3: Modern Criminal Statutes & Legality
- 2: The General Part: Actus Reus
- 3.2: Class #6: The Model Penal Code Approach to Mens Rea
- 3.3: Class #7: Common Law Mens Rea & Key Crimes
- 3.4: Class #8: Mens Rea in Practice: Reading Statutes
- 3.5: Class #9: Strict Liability Offenses
- 3.6: Class #10: Mistake of Law
- 4: The General Part: Causation and Concurrence
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Criminal Law Spring 2017
(First published Jan 2017)Authors:
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