Principles of criminal law

This series features concise analyses by prominent scholars of basic areas of the law. It focuses on core principles and concepts fundamental to understanding the subject matter and provides detailed discussion on the topics of responsibility, justification and excuse, inchoate crimes, and accomplice liability. The book also gives attention to subjects such as causation, insanity, and conspiracy.

Introduction to general considerations -- Sources and general limitations -- Constitutional limits on power to create crimes -- Menatl states -- Acts ; Concurrence and consequences -- Insanity defense -- Insanity: procedural considerations -- Excuses and other conditions -- Justification -- Solicitation and attempt -- Conspiracy -- Parties ; Liability for conduct of another -- Murder -- Manslaughter ; Suicide assistance -- Rape -- Theft.