CHAPTER 1: Theory, Sources, and Limitations of Criminal Law

	Introduction
	§ 1.01 Theories of Criminal Punishment
	§ 1.02 Sources of Criminal Law
	§ 1.03 Constitutional Limitations on Criminal Law
	§ 1.04 Legality

CHAPTER 2: General Principles in Criminal Trials

	Introduction
	§2.01 Jury Trials
	§ 2.02 Burdens of Proof
	§ 2.03 Presumptions
	§ 2.04 Sentencing

CHAPTER 3: Actus Reus

	Introduction
	§ 3.01 General Principle
	§ 3.02 Voluntary Act
	§ 3.03 Omissions
	§ 3.04 Social Harm

CHAPTER 4: Causation

	Introduction
	§ 4.01 General Principle
	§ 4.02 Actual Cause (or "Cause-in-Fact")
	§ 4.03 Proximate (or "Legal") Cause; Common Law
	§ 4.04 Proximate Cause (Actually, Culpability); Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 5: Mens Rea

	Introduction
	§ 5.01 Common Law Principle and Definition
	§ 5.02 Specific Mens rea Requirements
	§ 5.03 Statutory Interpretation of Mens rea Terms
	§ 5.04 "Specific Intent" and "General Intent"
	§ 5.05 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 6: Strict Liability

	Introduction
	§ 6.01 Conduct Prohibited by Strict Liability Statutes
	§ 6.02 Presumption Against Strict Liability
	§ 6.03 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 7: Categories of Defenses: An Overview

	Introduction
	§ 7.01 Accession
	§ 7.02 Adverse Possession of Personal crimerty
	§ 7.03 Bailments
	§ 7.04 Bona Fide Purchasers

CHAPTER 8: Self-Defense

	Introduction
	§ 8.01 The Estates System
	§ 8.02 Defining "Estate" and "Future Interest"
	§ 8.03 crimerty Law in Feudal England
	§ 8.04 crimerty Law in Post-Feudal England
	§ 8.05 Estates in Land in the Early United States
	§ 8.06 Trends in Modern Law Governing Estates in Land
	§ 8.07 Risk to Innocent Bystanders

CHAPTER 9: Defense of Others

	Introduction
	§ 9.01 Common Law Rule
	§ 9.02 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 10: Defense of Property and Habitation

	Introduction
	§ 10.01 Defense of Property
	§ 10.02 Defense of Habitation
	§ 10.03 Spring Guns

CHAPTER 11: Use of Force for Law Enforcement Purposes

	Introduction
	§ 11.01 Authorization to Restrain One’s Liberty; "Public Authority" Defense
	§ 11.02 Crime Prevention; Non-deadly Force
	§ 11.03 Crime Prevention; Deadly Force
	§ 11.04 Effectuation of an Arrest; Non-deadly Force
	§ 11.05 Effectuation of an Arrest; Deadly Force

CHAPTER 12: Necessity

	Introduction
	§ 12.01 Generally
	§ 12.02 Civil Disobedience
	§ 12.03 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 13: Duress

	Introduction
	§ 13.01 General Principle
	§ 13.02 Duress as a Defense to Homicide
	§ 13.03 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 14: Intoxication

	Introduction
	§ 14.01 Voluntary Intoxication
	§ 14.02 Involuntary Intoxication
	§ 14.03 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 15: Insanity

	Introduction
	§ 15.01 Legal Tests to Determine "Insanity"
	§ 15.02 Effect of an Insanity Acquittal
	§ 15.03 Abolition of the Insanity Defense
	§ 15.04 "Guilty But Mentally Ill"

CHAPTER 16: Diminished Capacity

	Introduction
	§ 16.01 Generally
	§ 16.02 Mens rea Defense
	§ 16.03 "Partial Responsibility" Defense

CHAPTER 17: Mistakes of Fact

	Introduction
	§ 17.01 Common Law Rules
	§ 17.02 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 18: Mistakes of Law

	Introduction
	§ 18.01 General Principle
	§ 18.02 Reasonable-Reliance Doctrine (Entrapment by Estoppel)
	§ 18.03 Fair Notice and the Lambert Principle
	§ 18.04 Ignorance or Mistake that Negates Mens rea

CHAPTER 19: Inchoate Crimes, Generally

	Introduction
	§ 19.01 Overview to Inchoate Conduct
	§ 19.02 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 20: Attempt

	Introduction
	§ 20.01 Attempt, Generally
	§ 20.02 Mens rea of Criminal Attempts
	§ 20.03 Actus reus of Criminal Attempts
	§ 20.04 Defense of Impossibility
	§ 20.05 Defense: Abandonment
	§ 20.06 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 21: Solicitation

	Introduction
	§ 21.01 General Principles
	§ 21.02 Model Penal Code

CHAPTER 22: Conspiracy

	Introduction
	§ 22.01 General Principle
	§ 22.02 Mens rea
	§ 22.03 Parties to a Conspiracy
	§ 22.04 Relationship to Target Offense
	§ 22.05 Defenses

CHAPTER 23: Complicity

	Introduction
	§ 23.01 General Principles
	§ 23.02 Parties to the Complicity
	§ 23.03 Acts Giving Rise to Accomplice Liability
	§ 23.04 Mens rea in Complicity Offenses
	§ 23.05 Liability of the Secondary Party In Relation to the Primary Party
	§ 23.06 Limits to Accomplice Liability

CHAPTER 24: Homicide

	Introduction
	§ 24.01 Definition of Homicide
	§ 24.02 Murder
	§ 24.03 Felony-Murder
	§ 24.04 Limits on the Felony-Murder Rule
	§ 24.05 Manslaughter

CHAPTER 25: Rape

	Introduction
	§ 25.01 General Principles
	§ 25.02 "Forcible"
	§ 25.03 Marital Immunity Rule
	§ 25.04 Evidentiary Issues at Rape Trials
	§ 25.05 Other Sex Crimes

CHAPTER 26: Theft

	Introduction
	§ 26.01 Larceny
	§ 26.02 Embezzlement
	§ 26.03 False Pretenses