Last Criminal Law Podcast
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Nov 19th, 2010
Here it is, the podcast on general defenses: Defenses. Feel free to come see me as we wind down the semester with questions about anything.
Tag Archive 'criminal law'
Imputation podcast
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 20th, 2010
Here is the summary podcast for doctrines of imputation: imputation. We’re now done with the first half of the liability analysis: doctrines of offense and doctrines of imputation for offenses. We move on tomorrow to doctrines of defense, those “yes, but” defenses we have kept hinting about all semester.
Inchoate Crimes Podcast
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 19th, 2010
I’m catching up to where we are on podcast summaries, here is the one for inchoate crimes, Inchoate, and the one on doctrines of imputation will follow. After that, there will be one last monster summary on defenses.
Bullying, Suicide, Punishment – NYTimes.com
Posted in Posts on Oct 4th, 2010
I mentioned this situation on Thursday in class, and this article in the NY Times shows how relevant in many ways this is for what we are studying. Bullying, Suicide, Punishment – NYTimes.com. So what principles have we studied that are implicated? Culpability levels, causation, the theories of punishment and the legality principle all wrapped up […]
Homicide etc.
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Sep 17th, 2010
Hot off the press. homicide and causation
How False Confessions Get so Detailed
Posted in Posts on Sep 14th, 2010
The NY Times has a really interesting article today on how innocent people end up confessing to crimes they didn’t commit and how they end up seeming to know things only the guilty person should know. The article reports on a study done by a law professor at the University of Virginia. Here’s a link […]
Background materials for criminal law
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Sep 9th, 2010
We’re not too far into the semester, but we’ve already covered some of the most important and most fundamental material in criminal law. I’ve done four podcast summaries of that foundational stuff: crimlaw intro legality punishment culpability Let me know if there is anything I can explain differently or further, or if there are additional […]
Fodder for next semester or next year’s exams
Posted in Posts on Sep 9th, 2010
This appeared originally in November 2008: So Larry Langford, Mayor of Birmingham got arrested in a kickback scheme, and today, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’ governor was arrested for making Illinois state government a pay to play system. Lots of good stuff in there . . .
Interesting recent case and immaturity
Posted in Posts on Sep 9th, 2010
This was originally posted in November of 2008: You might find this current case interesting in light of our discussion in class on immaturity. Prosecutors in St. Johns, Arizona are seeking to try an 8-year-old as an adult. The article also explains the process the parties will have to go through to make the determination.
