Criminal law (2nd ed.)

<p>A student treatise that explains the basic rules on all core criminal law topics, including the Model Penal Code’s position and the most of the common deviations from it.</p><p><b>Features:</b></p><ul><li><p><b>Robinson is a leading scholar</b> in the field; <b>Cahill is coauthor, with Robinson, of <i>Law Without Justice</i> (Oxford University Press, 2005) </b></p></li><li>Offers <b>lucid explanations and descriptions of the rules</b> of criminal law</li><li>Provides a <b>complete treatment of the Model Penal Code’s positions on each topic</b></li><li>Includes <b>excellent realistic hypotheticals</b></li></ul><b>New to the Second Edition:</b><ul><li><b>More user friendly:</b></li><ul><li>Adds a <b>mini “table of paragraph headings” at the start of each section </b></li><li><b>Updates </b>the text and <b>line edited for an easier read </b></li><li><b>Refreshes the opening hypothetical for each section and the marginal notes</b></li><li><b>Deletes the bibliographies </b>at the end of each section</li><li><b>Pares down the number of footnotes </b></li></ul><li><b>New topics covered,</b> including new material on the scope of criminalization; the participants in the criminal-justice process and their institutional roles; offenses targeting group criminality; endangerment offenses; fraud offenses; and new chapters on possession offenses, offenses against public administration, and offenses against public values</li><li><b>Adds a new co-author </b>to the book, Michael T.

Cahill, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>