This course involves comprehensive study of sources, distinctions and limitations relating to
criminal law; the development of criminal law in the United States; the principles of criminal …

… " of criminal law. Thp purpose of having principle and theories is to help in organizing thought.
In the law, … In the criminal law, as in all law, questions about the action to be taken do not …

… law students to Western ways of thinking about criminal law. Indeed, I conceived of doing a
series of books for Russian law students on basic concepts of law, … , one on criminal law and …

… The context and functions of the criminal law are outlined in Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 on …
criminal laws. Chapter 3 then discusses key principles and policies relevant to the criminal law. …

… basics of criminal law. It would be ideal if you are about to start a course in criminal law or if
… It does not at all purport to tell you everything you need to know about criminal law for a law …

… that dominate the substantive criminal law, such as attempt, … emphasis placed in the criminal
law on punishing harmless … doctrines of the criminal law, as of the common law in general…

… the purpose of the criminal law is and if one … law and, if necessary, to suggest reforms.
Accordingly, this book starts with an introduction to the nature and development of the criminal law, …

… criminal law does not drive criminal punishment. It would be closer to the truth to say that
criminal punishment drives criminal law… in the allocation of criminal punishment than we usually …

… We must resist the temptation to reduce the criminal law to a single formula for determining
when conduct ought to be treated as criminal. It is only in the second half of the book that we …

… Its proposals were incorporated into the draft code of the criminal law prepared by the
Law Commission. The Law Commission again considered the 152 … In this section, we aim …