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Undergraduate Record 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

ISSS 4070 - Principles of Criminal Law

Examines basic principles of Anglo-American criminal law. Evaluates ethical and philosophical questions that emerge from legal issues such as the justification of punishment, the nature and extent of criminal liability, strict liability statutes, victimless crimes, the insanity defense, legally mandated hospitalization for mental illness, and capital punishment.



Credits: 3