An Introduction to the Model Penal Code

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction § 1 A Key to the Model Penal Code and to American Criminal Law § 2 Origins: The ALI, Legal Process, and Treatmentism § 2.1 Criminal Propensities § 2.2 The Model Penal and Correctional Code § 2.3 The Structure of the Model Penal Code § 3 The Model Penal Code in a Nutshell: Section 1.02 § 3.1 The Prerequisites of Criminal Liability: Of Crimes and Criminals § 3.2 The Analysis of Criminal Liability: Three Levels of Inquiry Chapter 1: Criminal Conduct §4 "Conduct" §4.1 Actus Reus (A) Act (B) Voluntariness (C) Omission (D) Possession § 4.2 Mens Rea and Offense Elements (A) Element Types (B) The Mens Rea Requirement (C) Rules of Interpretation (D) Modes of Culpability (E) Matching Conduct to Offense § 4.3 Intoxication and Mistake (A) Intoxication (B) Mistake § 4.4 Liability for Another's Conduct (A) Instruments (B) Complicity (C) Corporations § 5 "That Inflicts or Threatens" § 5.1 Causation § 5.2 Inchoate Offenses (A) Attempt (B) Conspiracy (C) Solicitation (D) Renunciation § 6 "Substantial Harm to Individual or Public Interests" § 6.1 Substantial Harm § 6.2 Individual or Public Interests Chapter 2: Justification § 7 Defenses in General § 8 Necessity § 9 Defense of Persons (Self and Others) and of Property § 9.1 Self-Defense (A) Use of Force Upon or Toward Another Person (B) Belief (C) Necessity (D) Unlawfulness (E) Immediacy and Protection (F) Self- and Other-Defense § 9.2 Defense of Property § 9.3 Deadly Force § 10 Law Enforcement § 11 Consent Chapter 3: Excuse § 12 Excuses in the Model Penal Code § 13 Duress § 14 Entrapment § 15 Ignorance of Law § 16 Provocation and Diminished Capacity § 17 Insanity and Infancy Conclusion § 18 Analysis of Criminal Liability Table of Cases Table of Model Penal Code Sections and Statutes Index