Paul H. Robinson, Sarah M. Robinson

American Criminal Law (eBook, PDF)

Its People, Principles, and Evolution

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This coursebook offers an exciting new approach to teaching criminal law to graduate and undergraduate students, and indeed to the general public.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000593372
• Artikelnr.: 64215808

Autorenporträt

Paul H. Robinson is one of the world's leading criminal law scholars. A prolific writer and lecturer, Robinson has published articles in virtually all of the top law reviews, lectured in more than 100 cities in 33 states and 27 countries, and had his writings appear in 13 languages. A former federal prosecutor and counsel for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, he was the lone dissenter when the U.S. Sentencing Commission promulgated the current federal sentencing guidelines. He is the author or editor of 17 books, including the standard lawyer's reference on criminal law defenses, three monographs on criminal law theory, a highly regarded criminal law treatise, and an innovative case studies course book.

Sarah M. Robinson is a former sergeant in the U.S. Army and a practiced social worker. She currently works as an author and researcher.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronological Table of Principal Cases
Preface
Part I. Liability Principles
Ch. 1 Legality: Hitler's Warmaking
Ch. 2 Punishment Theory: The Prince of Pickpockets
Ch. 3 Culpability: Homer Simpson's Felony Murder
Ch. 4 Homicide Provocation: A Webster Murder at Harvard
Ch. 5 Causation: The Grand Wizard Causes a Suicide
Ch. 6 Consent: Marquis De Sade's Sadomasochism
Ch. 7 Attempt: From Child Rape to Cannibal Cop
Ch. 8 Complicity: The Haymarket Riots
Ch. 9 Conspiracy: Lincoln's Non-Assassins
Ch. 10 Omissions: The Richest Woman in America Neglects Her Son
Part II. General Defenses
Ch. 11 Lesser Evils: Cannibalism at Sea
Ch. 12 Self-Defense: Slave Celia Defends Against Rape
Ch. 13 Law Enforcement Authority: Gunfight at the OK Corral
Ch. 14 Insanity: The Assassination of President Garfield
Ch. 15 Immaturity: Billy the Kid's First Killing
Ch. 16 Statute of Limitation: Hunting Nazi War Criminals
Ch. 17 Entrapment: Mary Queen of Scots Plots an Overthrow
Part III. Specific Offenses
Ch. 18 Endangerment: Causing the Johnstown Flood
Ch. 19 Extortion: Blackmailing Elvis Presley
Ch. 20 Domestic Violence: Ike & Tina Turner: What's Love Got to Do with It?
Ch. 21 Harassment: Wooing Bette Davis
Ch. 22 Statutory Rape: Oscar Wilde's Sodomy
Ch. 23 Adultery: Frank Sinatra and a Changing Morality
Ch. 24 Obscenity: Fanny Hill, the Most Prosecuted Book in History
Ch. 25 Child Pornography: Lewis Carroll Photographs Alice in Wonderland
Ch. 26 Deceptive Business Practices: Collier's Great American Fraud
Ch. 27 Rigging Sporting Events: The Dean of Race Fixing
Ch. 28 Anti-Competition: Vanderbilt's Market Manipulation
Ch. 29 RICO: Joe Bananas Builds a Criminal Empire
Part IV. Supplemental Issues
Ch. 30 Jurisdiction: The Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton Duel
Ch. 31 Extradition & Rendition: The Hatfields and McCoys Feud
Ch. 32 Patterns and Themes