The Oxford introductions to U.S. law. Criminal law / Guyora Binder.
2016
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Title
The Oxford introductions to U.S. law. Criminal law / Guyora Binder.
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Call Number
KF9219 .B47 2016
ISBN
9780195321203 paperback ; alkaline paper
0195321200 paperback ; alkaline paper
0195321200 paperback ; alkaline paper
Description
xiii, 410 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)933596274
Summary
"This book reviews the development of American criminal law and explains its key concepts and persistent controversies in light of its history. These key concepts include retribution and prevention as purposes of punishment; the requirements of a criminal act and a culpable mental state; criteria of causal responsibility; modes of violating consent; inchoate offenses, including attempt and conspiracy; doctrines of participation in crime; and defenses of justification and excuse." -- Back cover.
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Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Portion of Title
Criminal law
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
About the Editor
xi
About the Author
xiii
ch. 1
What Is Criminal Law?
1
I.
Introduction
1
II.
Prohibition
2
III.
Punishment
6
IV.
State Punishment
12
V.
Why Criminal Law Matters
15
VI.
Conclusion
22
ch. 2
American Criminal Justice System
23
I.
Introduction
23
II.
English Origins of Criminal Law
24
III.
Transformation of English Criminal Law during the Colonial Period
29
IV.
Colonial American Criminal Justice
32
V.
Criminal Justice in the New Republic
36
VI.
Criminal Justice after the Civil War
40
VII.
Crime as a National Political Issue
44
VIII.
Processing of Criminal Cases Today
49
IX.
Conclusion
56
ch. 3
Why Punish?
57
I.
Introduction
57
II.
Corrective and Preventive Theories
59
III.
Preventive Purposes
65
A.
Deterrence
65
B.
Rehabilitation
68
C.
Incapacitation
71
IV.
Retribution
75
A.
Intuitionist Argument
75
B.
Contractarian Argument
77
C.
Dignitary Argument
81
V.
Proportional Punishment and Sentencing Process
84
A.
Proportionality
84
B.
Sentencing
90
VI.
Conclusion
92
ch. 4
Criminal Act
95
I.
Introduction
95
II.
Legality
100
III.
Wrongful Acts
112
A.
Wrongfulness
113
B.
Conduct
116
IV.
Omissions
117
V.
Constitutional Requirement of Conduct
121
VI.
Constitutional Requirement of Voluntariness?
124
VII.
Possession
129
VIII.
Conclusion
131
ch. 5
Criminal Mind
133
I.
Introduction
133
II.
Idea of Mens Rea in Ancient and Medieval Law
137
III.
Transferred and Presumed Intent in Early Modern English Law
139
IV.
Idea of a Mental Element in Nineteenth-Century England and America
142
V.
Public Welfare Offenses and the Question of Strict Liability
152
VI.
Strict Liability, Statutory Interpretation, and Due Process in the U.S. Supreme Court
155
VII.
Model Penal Codes Culpability Scheme
166
VIII.
Model Penal Codes Default Rules
172
IX.
Mistake of Law
177
X.
Incapacity for Culpability
181
XI.
Conclusion
184
ch. 6
Homicide, From Killing to Causing
187
I.
Introduction
187
II.
Origins of English Homicide Law
190
III.
English Homicide Law in the Age of Blackstone
193
IV.
American Codification of Homicide
198
V.
Utilitarian Critique of Homicide Law
201
VI.
Emergence of Causation as an Element of Homicide
204
VII.
Factual Causation
207
VIII.
Legal Causation
210
A.
Intervening Natural Events
211
B.
Intervening Acts
212
C.
Causation by Omission
216
IX.
Model Penal Code's Causation Test
217
X.
Model Penal Code's Homicide Scheme
222
XI.
American Homicide Statutes after the Code
226
A.
Act Element
227
B.
Intentional Homicide
228
C.
Homicide by Risk-Taking
230
D.
Homicide in the Course of Crime
231
XII.
Death Penalty Law after the Code
234
XIII.
Conclusion
236
ch. 7
Rape and Theft, From Force to Non-consent
239
I.
Introduction
239
II.
Reflections on Consent
241
III.
"Metamorphosis" of Theft
243
IV.
Frauds
251
V.
Extortion
254
VI.
Robbery and Burglary
258
VII.
Emergence of Rape Liability
261
VIII.
Requirement of Resistance
262
IX.
Reform Standards: Force or Non-consent?
268
X.
Mental Element of Rape
274
XI.
Rape by Incapacity, Extortion, and Fraud
279
XII.
Conclusion
284
ch. 8
Anticipatory and Participatory Liability
285
I.
Introduction
285
II.
Punishment of Attempt
288
III.
Mental Element of Attempt
290
IV.
Act of Attempting
292
V.
Impossible and Abandoned Attempts
298
VI.
Solicitation
303
VII.
Punishing Conspiracy
305
VIII.
Conspiracy: Act and Intent
310
IX.
Complicity
314
X.
Accomplice Conduct
315
XI.
Accomplice Culpability
319
XII.
Perpetration by Means and Discrepant Liability
322
XIII.
Co-Conspirator and Accomplice Liability for Secondary Crimes
324
XIV.
Vicarious and Corporate Liability
328
XV.
Conclusion
331
ch. 9
Justification and Excuse
333
I.
Introduction
333
II.
Distinguishing and Comparing Justification and Excuse
334
III.
Law Enforcement (and Other Exercises of Public Authority)
340
IV.
Defensive Force
349
V.
Necessity
360
VI.
Duress
374
VII.
Insanity
385
Conclusion
399
Index
403