Criminal Law 6
Fall term, Block B
W,Th,F 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Professor Lloyd L. Weinreb
4 classroom credits LAW-12100A Fall
This course considers the basic themes of substantive criminal law, including criminal responsibility; the significance of act, intent, causation, and result; justification and excuse; and the rationale of punishment. General doctrinal principles of the criminal law, including defenses, insanity, attempts, and conspiracy are studied, as well as the law of homicide, theft, and rape. The course considers also constitutional principles of criminal justice, including search and seizure, the privilege against compulsory self-incrimination, and the right to counsel. Professor Weinreb will use Weinreb, Criminal Law (7th ed.) and Weinreb, Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice (2007 ed.).