The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple Choice Questions and Analysis

by Laurie L. Levenson

Overview

In the Seventh Edition of The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law, Laurie L. Levenson presents a comprehensive, thoughtful review of course content that demonstrates how to effectively analyze and answer exam questions, honing students' understanding of concepts and their ability to apply the rules.

Glannon Guides can help students better understand classroom lectures with straightforward explanations of tough concepts interspersed with hypotheticals to illustrate application.

New to the Seventh Edition:

• Recent case law on required mental states, inchoate offenses, "true threats" and the First Amendment defense, self-defense, and insanity
• New multiple-choice questions comparing common law and Model Penal Code standards, as well as cases involving police misconduct
• Recent case law on felony murder reform

Professors and students will benefit from:

• A user-friendly and interactive approach, including text introducing the key cases and concepts that enable a full understanding of subsequent questions and mastery of the material they test
• Multiple-choice questions, pitched at a level similar to that of many law school exams, that are integral to a thorough review of Criminal Law topics
• Clear analysis of both correct and incorrect answers, which clarifies nuances in the law
• Excellent preparation for the Bar exam by one of the nation's leading Bar-exam lecturers in criminal law and procedure 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798889068785
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	11/22/2023
Series:	Glannon Guides Series
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	548
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

1 A Very Short Introduction 1

2 Nature of Criminal Law 3

3 Elements of a Crime 17

4 Strict Liability Crimes 39

5 Mistake of Fact 49

6 Mistake of Law 69

7 Causation 89

8 Homicide-An Overview 115

9 Homicide-Murder 129

10 Manslaughter 155

11 Felony Murder and Misdemeanor Manslaughter (Unlawful Act Doctrine) 177

12 Attempt 201

13 Solicitation and Other Inchoate Offenses 231

14 Accomplice Liability 249

15 Conspiracy 277

16 Introduction to Defenses, Self-Defense, and Defense of Another 307

17 Defense of Property, Law Enforcement Defenses, and Necessity 335

18 Duress 357

19 Insanity 373

20 Intoxication, Infancy, and Entrapment 395

21 Rape 411

22 Theft Crimes 427

23 Other Crimes Against Person and Property 443

24 Sentencing and the Death Penalty 455

25 Closing Closers 467

Index 489