Cases, Comments and Questions on Modern Criminal Law

by LAFAVE WAYNE R.

• ISBN13: 9780314247216
• ISBN10: 0314247211
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface to Third Edition	v
Acknowledgments	xi
Table of Cases	xlix
Table of Other Authorities	lxiii
Process and Purposes
The Criminal Justice Process	2	(16)
The Purposes of the Criminal Law	18	(23)
The Abominable and Detestable Crime Against Nature not to be Named Among Christians: Sources and Limits of the Criminal Law
The Common Law	41	(6)
Criminal Statutes and Their Judicial and Administrative Interpretation	47	(13)
Statutory Interpretation and the Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine	60	(11)
Retroactive Application of Detrimental and Beneficial Law	71	(10)
Other Constitutional Limitations on Defining Criminal Behavior	81	(18)
Other Constitutional Limitations on Punishment of Crime	99	(5)
State Authority Versus Federal and Local Authority	104	(9)
Mental State
General Considerations	113	(5)
Intent	118	(22)
Knowledge	140	(15)
Recklessness and Negligence	155	(18)
Strict Liability	173	(12)
Ignorance or Mistake of Fact or Law	185	(25)
The Act Requirement
Voluntary Act	210	(18)
The ``Act'' of Possession	228	(15)
Omissions	243	(11)
Homicide: Using Mental State and Other Factors to Classify Crimes
``Human Being'' as the Protected Interest	254	(10)
Intentional Killing: The ``Heat of Passion'' Test	264	(26)
Intentional Killing: The ``Deliberate''---``Premeditated'' Test	290	(13)
Reckless and Negligent Killing	303	(17)
Killing by Unlawful Act	320	(19)
Causation	339	(19)
The Death Penalty	358	(20)
Mental Disease or Defect
Competency to Stand Trial	378	(18)
Tests for the Insanity Defense	396	(17)
The Insanity Defense-Procedural Aspects	413	(15)
The Borderland of Responsibility	428	(11)
Diminished Capacity	439	(8)
Alcoholism and Addiction; Intoxication; Immaturity
Chronic Alcoholism and Drug Addiction	447	(21)
Voluntary and Involuntary Intoxication	468	(18)
Immaturity	486	(5)
Justification and Excuse
Introduction	491	(2)
Defense of Self and Others	493	(25)
Defense of Property	518	(8)
Law Enforcement and Response Thereto	526	(15)
Domestic Authority	541	(8)
Duress, Necessity and Choice of Evils	549	(16)
Consent and Condonation	565	(16)
Rape: The Dilemmas of Law Reform
Introduction and Overview	581	(4)
Nature and Degree of Imposition	585	(26)
Consent/Nonconsent	611	(19)
Mental State; Mistake of Fact	630	(17)
Attempts
Mental State	647	(9)
Acts	656	(19)
Impossibility	675	(12)
Abandonment	687	(8)
Prosecution and Punishment	695	(2)
Conspiracy and Solicitation
Conspiracy: Introduction	697	(2)
The Agreement	699	(13)
Mental State	712	(21)
The Objective	733	(8)
Impossibility	741	(4)
The Overt Act Requirement	745	(3)
Scope: The Object Dimension	748	(4)
Scope: The Party Dimension	752	(11)
Duration of the Conspiracy	763	(7)
Withdrawal	770	(2)
The Plurality Requirement	772	(13)
Conspiracy: A Final Look	785	(1)
Solicitation	786	(8)
Parties; Liability for the Conduct of Another
The Common Law Classification	794	(2)
Acts or Omissions	796	(11)
Mental State	807	(15)
The Conspiracy-Complicity Relationship	822	(3)
Foreseeable or Related Crimes	825	(13)
Must the Principal Be Guilty?	838	(11)
Withdrawal	849	(4)
Exceptions to Accomplice Liability	853	(2)
Vicarious Liability	855	(13)
Liability of Organizations, Their Officers and Agents	868	(18)
Post-Crime Aid	886
Appendix: American Law Institute Model Penal Code	1	(88)
Index	89