Substantive criminal law : cases, comments and comparative materials /
Luis E. Chiesa, Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Buffalo Criminal Law Center, SUNY Buffalo Law School.
- xxix, 761 pages ; 27 cm.
Includes index.
The nature of punishment -- Purposes of punishment -- Principle of legality -- Proportionality -- Constitutional limits on criminalization decisions -- Conduct: action, omission & possession -- Causation -- Subjective offense elements -- Negating subjective offense elements -- Complicity -- Attempts -- Conspiracy -- Corporate criminal liability -- Lesser evils -- Defensive force justification -- Law enforcement authority -- Duress -- Insanity -- Mistake of law -- Homicide -- Rape.