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Study Any Time, Anywhere, With the Top Law Professors in the Country. With Sum & Substance you get dynamic lectures from gifted law professors whose years of teaching experience enable them to express even the most complex ideas clearly and succinctly. Listen to lectures anywhere, at your convenience - while commuting, exercising, or even running errands. Professor Joshua Dressler is the Edwin M. Cooperman Designated Professor of Law at Ohio State University College of Law. He has taught Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure for over 30 years, receiving "Best Professor" awards for teaching at various law schools. He is an internationally recognized scholar, author of widely adopted casebooks in the fields of criminal law and procedure, and is the author of student-popular treatises in both criminal law and criminal procedure. Criminal Law by Professor Dressler provides an overview of the sources and nature of criminal law. It examines the theories of punishment, actus reus, mens rea, mistake of fact, and actural and proximate causation. It also addresses various defenses and criminal acts. Table of Contents 1.Sources of the Criminal Law 2.Criminal vs. Civil Law 3.Theories of Punishment 4.Principle of Legality 5.Burdens of Proof 6.Voluntary Act or Omission 7.Social Harm 8.Mens Rea 9.Strict Liability 10.Mens Rea Terms 11."Specific Intent" vs. "General Intent" 12.Mistakes of Fact 13.Mistakes of Law 14.Actual Cause 15.Proximate Cause 16.Self Defense 17.Defense of Third Parties 18.Defense of Property 19.Defense of Habitation 20.Law Enforcement 21.Necessity 22.Necessity (cont.) 23.Duress 24.Intoxication 25.Insanity 26.Diminished Capacity 27.Introduction to Criminal Homicide 28.Murder: Malice Aforethought 29.Murder: Malice Aforethought (cont.) 30.Murder: Model Penal Code 31.Voluntary Manslaughter: Common Law and Model Penal Code 32.Other Forms of Manslaughter: Common Law 33.Model Penal Code: Manslaughter and Negligent Homicide 34.Rape 35.Rape (cont.) 36.Larceny 37.Embezzlement 38.False Pretenses 39.Criminal Attempts: Mens Rea 40.Criminal Attempts: Actus Reus 41.Criminal Attempts: Defenses 42.Criminal Solicitation 43.Conspiracy 44.Complicity
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