Criminal Law Problems, Statutes, and Cases 2nd Edition By Kevin McMunigal, Daniel Medwed
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Criminal Law Problems, Statutes, and Cases 2nd Edition By Kevin McMunigal, Daniel Medwed

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The textbook Criminal Law: Problems, Statutes, and Cases (2nd Edition) by Kevin McMunigal and Daniel Medwed balances traditional criminal law theory with practical skills like statutory interpretation. [1, 2]
The book covers the standard core subject areas of American criminal law alongside specific modern case subjects: [1, 2]
Core Criminal Law Topics
  • Foundations of Criminal Law: The purposes of punishment, the distinction between criminal and civil law, and the burden of proof.
  • The Elements of a Crime: Detailed breakdowns of actus reus (the criminal act), mens rea (the mental state), concurrence, and causation.
  • Inchoate Offenses: The law of attempt (including graphic exercises like timelines to compare different conduct tests), solicitation, and conspiracy.
  • Parties to Crime: Accomplice liability, principal liability, and vicarious liability.
  • Defenses to Liability: Affirmative defenses, including self-defense, necessity, duress, defense of others, insanity, and intoxication. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Specific Crimes & Modern Cases
The second edition highlights traditional doctrines through contemporary, real-world case applications, including: [1]
  • Homicide: Explores degrees of murder and manslaughter through current lenses, such as the killing of George Floyd. [1]
  • Civil Rights & Hate Crimes: Bias intimidation and the bounds of public/private discrimination. [1]
  • Technology & Internet Crimes: The possession of child pornography, threatening speech on social media networks, and the high-tech theft of computer code. [1]
  • Public & Executive Power: Issues surrounding the future of policing and the structural nature of executive pardons (such as the pardon of Roger Stone). [1]
Core Practical Skills Covered
  • Statutory Interpretation: Exercises designed to teach students how to read, break down, and construct penal statutes.
  • Visual Fact Analysis: Diagrammed crimes and visual tracking elements to map out complex criminal timelines. [1, 2]

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and the high-tech theft of computer code. Civil Rights & Hate Crimes: Bias intimidation and the bounds of public/private discrimination. Defenses to Liability: Affirmative defenses including self-defense Foundations of Criminal Law: The purposes of punishment Homicide: Explores degrees of murder and manslaughter Inchoate Offenses: The law of attempt mens rea (the mental state) Parties to Crime: Accomplice liability principal liability and vicarious liability. Public & Executive Power: Issues surrounding the future of policing Statutory Interpretation Technology & Internet Crimes: The possession of child pornography The Elements of a Crime: Detailed breakdowns of actus reus (the criminal act) threatening speech on social media networks Visual Fact Analysis: Diagrammed crimes and visual tracking elements
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