Audio for Defenses podcast
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Nov 20th, 2012
Here is the last podcast for criminal law: Defenses Don’t forget to review the exam from last year for class the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and have a good break!
Tag Archive 'criminal law'
This would make a great exam question . . .
Posted in Posts on Oct 26th, 2012
http://thebloggess.com/2012/10/im-slowly-being-murdered-by-my-own-face/ Ok, not really, but I love Jenny Lawson.
Podcasts for Criminal Law
Posted in Podcast Summaries, Posts on Oct 19th, 2012
There are two podcasts covering the materials in this unit of criminal law on inchoate crimes and doctrines of imputation. We actually won’t get to one of the doctrines of imputation until after our second quiz. So if you’re using these to review, don’t worry about the act requirement yet. Have a good break! Inchoate […]
It’s not a crime if it’s not defined when you do the conduct
Posted in Posts on Oct 16th, 2012
SCOTUSblog. The D.C. Circuit threw out one of the cases that arose out of the military commissions related to Guantanamo: Hamdan. What he did wasn’t defined as a crime when he did it. Criminal law students, note the legality principle at work. Fed Courts students, note the retroactivity and separation of powers principles. Also, there’s […]
Up to date links for criminal law
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Sep 25th, 2012
For ease of reference, here are the audio versions of the 5 podcasts that cover the material we have studied to date. We only have three more, which should tell you that we have already covered almost all of the foundational material for the course. There are new concepts we will add it, but the […]
Last podcast for criminal law
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Nov 28th, 2011
Defenses
Inchoate Crimes and Imputation
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 27th, 2011
The imputation podcast covers more than we have so far, so you don’t have to listen yet when I start talking about omissions. Inchoate imputation
Homicide and causation podcast for criminal law
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 2nd, 2011
homicide and causation
First Podcasts for Criminal Law
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Sep 13th, 2011
I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you that we’ve covered a ton already this semester. To try to make sense of all of that material, I’ve made these audio summaries. I try to give you the big picture, give you the tests you absolutely need to know, and connect each chapter to […]
Thoughts on bystanders
Posted in Posts on Jan 10th, 2011
Apropos of a discussion we had in criminal law on @bystanders, I found this NPR story thought provoking: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/10/132809397/the-dilemma-of-the-bystander
