Principles of criminal law

Expertly written to provide comprehensive coverage of the most crucial issues in a course, the Concise Hornbook Series features concise analyses by prominent scholars of basic areas of the law. The Series focuses on core principles and concepts fundamental to understanding the subject matter. LaFave's Principles of Criminal Law provides detailed discussion on the topics of responsibility, justification and excuse, inchoate crimes and accomplice liability. The book also gives attention to subjects such as causation, insanity and conspiracy.*

Contents

• Introduction and general considerations

• Sources and general limitations

• Constitutional limits on power to create crimes

• Mental states

• Acts; concurrence and consequences

• Insanity defense

• Insanity : procedural considerations

• Excuses and other conditions

• Justification

• Solicitation and attempt

• Conspiracy

• Parties; liability for conduct of another

• Murder

• Manslaughter; suicide assistance

• Rape

• Theft