false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172587095m/193831.jpg 193831 1 This popular casebook, through the selection of classic and modern cases, provides an excellent tool for teaching students the common law foundations of the criminal law and modern statutory reform, including the Model Penal Code. Along the way, the casebook considers modern controversies (e.g., "shaming" punishment, rape law, self-defense by battered women, euthanasia, the role of culture in determining culpability), and creatively uses literature (e.g., examining insanity through Edgar Allen Poe's The-Tell Tale Heart) and even "brain teasers" to confront (as the Preface states) "the Big Questions . . . that philosophers, theologians, scientists, and poets, as well as lawyers, have grappled with for centuries 187458 1 2 2007 Cases and Materials on Criminal Law, (American Casebook Series) total:25|5:0|4:0|3:0|2:0|1:0| 25 71 44 5 3 0 false false Sun May 11 14:18:52 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 02 12:06:45 -0800 2008 Sun May 11 14:18:52 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 13 19:33:54 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 13:09:34 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Mar 02 05:44:24 -0800 2007 Thu May 31 06:30:36 -0700 2007 Difficult to understand the law since there is no commentary other than the cases.]]> 0 0 false false Sat Oct 18 13:09:31 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 13:10:03 -0700 2008 3 0 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 08:31:34 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 08:33:08 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 16:25:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:25:50 -0800 2009 0 0 true false Wed Nov 04 16:17:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:17:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 11:01:55 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:01:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 13:16:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:16:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 12:18:48 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:18:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 16:42:41 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:42:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 01 09:25:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 09:25:20 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Apr 06 16:59:21 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 16:59:21 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Apr 06 10:31:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 10:31:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 27 08:58:09 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:58:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 11 06:53:30 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 20:19:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 17 12:28:37 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 12:29:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 16 23:53:42 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 23:53:48 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 11 10:31:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:31:00 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 25 16:25:43 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:25:43 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=193831