CRJU 4780 - Criminal Law

3 Credit Hours

Description
This course is designed to give students a general knowledge of substantive criminal law. The course will introduce students to the legal idea of criminal responsibility and the concepts of required state of mind (mens rea) and prohibited conduct (actus reus). The course will discuss the substantive content, structure, and sources of major crimes against persons and property, and provide a comprehensive evaluation of various legal defenses to criminal liability under both common law (case law) and statutory law (legislative law) approaches. The course also addresses the impact of the Model Penal Code on the development of contemporary criminal law.