Ebook: Criminal law

Criminal law and criminal punishment: an overview -- Constitutional limits on criminal law -- The criminal act: the first principle of criminal liability -- The general principles of criminal liability: mens rea, concurrence, causation, ignorance, and mistake -- Defenses to criminal liability: justifications -- Defenses to criminal liability: excuses -- Parties to crime and vicarious liability -- Inchoate crimes -- Crimes against persons I: murder and manslaughter -- Crimes against persons II: sex offenses, bodily injury, and personal restraint -- Crimes against property -- Crimes against public order and morals -- Crimes against the state.