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Criminal law / Wayne R. LaFave (David C. Baum Professor of Law Emeritus and Center for Advanced Study Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois).
LaFave, Wayne R., author.
2017
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Author
LaFave, Wayne R., author.
Title
Criminal law / Wayne R. LaFave (David C. Baum Professor of Law Emeritus and Center for Advanced Study Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois).
Published
St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
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Edition
Sixth edition.
ISBN
9781640201484 (electronic bk.)
1640201483 (electronic bk.)
9781683288817 (pbk.)
1683288815 (pbk.)
Description
1 online resource (xxix, 1472 pages)
System Control No.
on1003192064
(WestAcademic_OCoLC)1003192064
Summary
"Major emphasis is placed on the basic premises of criminal law, including its sources and general limitations. This Hornbook provides detailed discussion on the topics of responsibility, justification and excuse, inchoate crimes, accomplice, and liability. Attention is also given to subjects such as causation, insanity, and conspiracy."--Publisher
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Online resource (West Academic, viewed October 4, 2017).
Series
Hornbook series.
Other Editions
Revision of: LaFave, Wayne R. Criminal law. Fifth edition, student edition. St. Paul, MN : West, a Thomson Reuters business, [2010] 9780314912688 (OCoLC)555680262
Available in Other Form
Print version: LaFave, Wayne R. Criminal law. Sixth edition. St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017] (OCoLC)979558898
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Introduction and general considerations
Sources and general limitations
Constitutional limits on power to create crimes
Criminal jurisdiction
General principles
Mental states
Acts; concurrence and consequences
Insanity defense
Insanity: procedural considerations
Excuses and other conditions
Justification
Solicitation and attempt
Conspiracy
Parties; liability for conduct of another
Murder
Manslaughter; suicide assistance
Physical harm and apprehension thereof
Rape
Confinement
Theft
Other personal property crimes
Real property crimes.

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