First-Year Courses

course title: Criminal Law

lecturer: Nicholas Quesenberry

course description

An introduction to the law of crimes and the criminal justice system in the United States. No prior knowledge is assumed. The course is intended to prepare first-year law students for a final exam in criminal law.

course outline	duration
Introduction	03 : 19
Opening Remarks	03 : 19
The Criminal Act: Basis for Liability	61 : 07
Introduction: The "elements" of a crime	15 : 55
Possession as a crime	13 : 02
A person's status or state of being as a crime	08 : 11
Voluntariness	09 : 53
Vicarious Liability	14 : 06
Mental States	69 : 15
Introduction to mental states	10 : 01
Common law mental states--specific v. general intent	21 : 59
Model Penal Code mental states	28 : 59
Strict Liability	08 : 16
Causation	27 : 12
Causation under the common law	18 : 46
Causation under the Model Penal Code	08 : 26
Homicide Crimes	88 : 09
Murder	17 : 36
Negligent homicide (or involuntary manslaughter)	18 : 45
Provocation	15 : 16
Felony Murder	25 : 19
Misdemeanor manslaughter	11 : 13
Miscellaneous Crimes	74 : 35
Assault and battery	22 : 48
Arson	10 : 44
Kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses	14 : 51
Trespass	15 : 07
Burglary and defense of property	11 : 05
Defenses	101 : 00
Introduction to the defenses	15 : 28
Self defense and defense of others	17 : 02
Necessity and duress	15 : 31
Insanity	15 : 55
Entrapment	13 : 01
Mistake of fact and law	14 : 36
Intoxication	09 : 27
Rape and Other Sex Crimes	36 : 25
Introduction to rape, the conduct element, and spousal rape	11 : 20
Force and consent in rape	17 : 57
Statutory rape	07 : 08
The Theft Offenses	52 : 22
Larceny	14 : 30
Larceny by trick, embezzlement, and theft by false pretenses	14 : 16
Robbery and extortion	09 : 38
Examples of larceny, robbery, and burglary	13 : 58
Inchoate Crimes	110 : 53
Attempt	15 : 16
Abandonment and impossibility--defenses to attempt	08 : 54
Examples of attempt	09 : 37
Conspiracy	14 : 44
Examples and defenses of conspiracy	13 : 20
Complicity I	13 : 39
Complicity II	16 : 33
Solicitation	09 : 57
Integration	08 : 53
Conclusion	06 : 50
Summary and Goodbye	06 : 50