Criminal Law, Second Edition (Aspen Student Treatise Series)

A student treatise that explains the basic rules on all core criminal law topics, including the Model Penal Code's position and the most of the common deviations from it.

Features:

Robinson is a leading scholar in the field; Cahill is coauthor, with Robinson, of Law Without Justice (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Offers lucid explanations and descriptions of the rules of criminal law

Provides a complete treatment of the Model Penal Code's positions on each topic

Includes excellent realistic hypotheticals

New to the Second Edition:

More user friendly:

Adds a mini "table of paragraph headings" at the start of each section

Updates the text and line edited for an easier read

Refreshes the opening hypothetical for each section and the marginal notes

Deletes the bibliographies at the end of each section

Pares down the number of footnotes

New topics covered, including new material on the scope of criminalization; the participants in the criminal-justice process and their institutional roles; offenses targeting group criminality; endangerment offenses; fraud offenses; and new chapters on possession offenses, offenses against public administration, and offenses against public values

Adds a new co-author to the book, Michael T. Cahill, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School