Crimes and Punishment: Cases, Materials, and Readings in Criminal Law

by Martin R. Gardner and Richard G. Singer

This unique casebook examines the underlying principles of criminal law--punishment, actus reus, and mens rea. It reflects the authors' viewpoint that the purpose of criminal law is to reflect the moral standards of our society and to punish those who, with culpability and awareness, violate these moral norms. Not a study of particular crimes per se, the materials do focus on several crimes whose characteristics illuminate these basic foundations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820562068
• ISBN13: 9780820562063
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: LexisNexis
• Length: 1 Pages