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LAW 5046: Criminal Law - 2201

Criminal Law
Class Term:
Fall Term 2019-2020
Catalog Number:
5046
Class Number:
13486
Class Schedule:
Monday, Wednesday
9:00 am
10:15 am
Room:
LAW 111
Professor(s):

Professor

David Harris
Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
First-Year Courses - Enrollment is limited to first-year students

Description

Traditional and contemporary doctrines of substantive criminal law are analyzed, with focus on such issues as: theories of punishment, the formal elements of criminal culpability, the theory and degrees of homicide, criminal causation, inchoate crimes, accessorial and vicarious liability, conspiracy, and defenses of excuse and justification.

Criminal Law