CRIMINAL LAW –  WEEK ONE, LESSON ONE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

  • Students will examine the common law and the modern criminal justice systems including their theory of punishment, classification of crimes, criminal causation and elements of various crimes.
  • Students will study the criminal culpability rules applicable to perpetrators such as principals, accessories & accomplices.
  • Students will learn the elements of various crimes committed against persons such as homicide, assault, battery, rape and mayhem.
  • They will also study property crimes such as larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses, receiving stolen property, robbery, burglary & arson.
  • Further, students will examine the inchoate crimes of attempt, solicitation and conspiracy, and will also learn many affirmative defenses including mistake, self defense, consent, infancy, insanity, intoxication, duress, necessity, and entrapment.

HANDOUTS

Please download the following attachments:

TERMS AND CONDTITIONS

Please be advised that this is an archived lecture from a previous term.  These courses are NON-CREDIT “preview” purposes for the upcoming term. These high quality lectures are fully downloadable, in MP4 format, for viewing on your Desktop PC, Laptop, Tablet, iPhone or Android devices.

CRIMINAL LAW –  WEEK ONE, LESSON TWO

COURSE DESCRIPTION

  • Students will examine the common law and the modern criminal justice systems including their theory of punishment, classification of crimes, criminal causation and elements of various crimes.
  • Students will study the criminal culpability rules applicable to perpetrators such as principals, accessories & accomplices.
  • Students will learn the elements of various crimes committed against persons such as homicide, assault, battery, rape and mayhem.
  • They will also study property crimes such as larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses, receiving stolen property, robbery, burglary & arson.
  • Further, students will examine the inchoate crimes of attempt, solicitation and conspiracy, and will also learn many affirmative defenses including mistake, self defense, consent, infancy, insanity, intoxication, duress, necessity, and entrapment.

HANDOUTS

Please download the following attachments:

TERMS AND CONDTITIONS

Please be advised that this is an archived lecture from a previous term.  These courses are NON-CREDIT “preview” purposes for the upcoming term. These high quality lectures are fully downloadable, in MP4 format, for viewing on your Desktop PC, Laptop, Tablet, iPhone or Android devices.