Features rigorous analysis of legal doctrine positioned against a backdrop of cultural and political debate. Its core is the act and mental state requirements of both the common law and the Model Penal Code. Topics of current interest include sexual assault, stand-your-ground laws, battered woman's syndrome, the insanity defense, and capital punishment.

Citation
Richard J. Bonnie et al., Criminal Law, Foundation Press (4 ed. 2015).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Richard J. Bonnie
Public Policy and Regulation
Center for Criminal Justice
Health Law
Family Law Center
Anne M. Coughlin
Public Policy and Regulation
Program in Law and Public Service
Center for Criminal Justice
Human Rights Program
Center for the Study of Race and Law
Family Law Center
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