GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW SECOND EDITIONPDF电子书下载

CHAPTER Ⅰ CRIMINAL LAW THEORY 1

The Progress of the Professional Literature 5

Outline of a Theory of Penal Law 14

PRINCIPLES 27

CHAPTER Ⅱ LEGALITY—NULLA POENA SINE LEGE 27

Origins 28

Nullum Crimen Sine Lege 35

Analogy, Ambiguity and Vagueness 36

Divergence from the Principle of Legality 48

Treatment of Offenders—Nulla Poena Sine&Lege 55

Non-Retroactivity 58

Politics and Penal Policy 64

CHAPTER Ⅲ MENS REA ： (1) THE OBJECTIVE MEANING OF THE PRINCIPLE 70

The Problem of Defining Mens Rea 70

Mens Rea in Medieval Law 77

Motive and Intention 83

Mens Rea and Personal Guilt 93

CHAPTER Ⅳ MENS REA： (2) INTENTION, RECKLESSNESS AND NEGLIGENCE 105

The Basic Concepts 108

Operative Facts, Evidence, and Reasonableness 117

The CaseLaw 122

The Ethical Rationale 133

Conceptual Problems and Terminology 141

CHAPTER Ⅴ MENS REA： (3) THE THEORY OF NON-MORAL PENAL LIABILITY 146

Holmes’ Theory 147

The "Reasonable Man" as Method and as Standard of Liability 152

The Current Law 158

Summary 163

CHAPTER Ⅵ CRIMINAL CONDUCT—THE EXTERNAL MANIFESTATION OF MENS REA 171

The Basic Concepts 171

The Logic of the Case-Law 180

The Principle of Concurrence 185

Omissions 190

Case-Law on Omissions 201

Possession 206

Policy of Criminal Omissions 208

CHAPTER Ⅶ HARM 212

Role of "Harm" in Penal Theory 212

"Actus Reus" 222

Justification and Excuse 227

Circumstances 237

Tort and Penal Harm 240

CHAPTER Ⅷ CAUSATION 247

Meanings of "Cause" in Various Perspectives 248

Meanings of "Cause" in the Legal Perspective 251

Differences in Causation in Tort and Criminal Law 254

Direct Causation in Homicide 257

Intervening Cause 261

Causation by Motivation 270

Summary 281

Policy and Legal Cause 284

CHAPTER Ⅸ THE SANCTION—PUNISHMENT 296

The Justification of Punishment 297

The Nature of Punishment 309

Sanctions 321

CHAPTER Ⅹ—Appendix STRICT LIABILITY 325

Public Welfare Offenses 327

Strict Liability in Torts 331

Mala in Se—Mala Prohibita 337

Criticism of Practical Grounds of Strict Liability 342

Proposed Substitutes for Strict Liability 351

DOCTRINES 360

CHAPTER Ⅺ IGNORANCE AND MISTAKE 360

Ignorantia Facti Excusat 361

Factual Error and the Ethics of the Doctrine 361

Illustrative Cases 364

Restrictions： (a) Reasonableness of the Error 366

Invincible Ignorance 368

Restrictions： (b) Strict Liability 372

Ignorantia Juris Neminem Exeusat 376

Fact and Law 376

"Ignorantia" 377

Earlier Theories 378

The Rationale of Ignorantia Juris 382

Application of the Rationale of Ignorantia Juris 387

Knowledge of Illegality Inchluded in Mens Rea 392

Petty Offenses 402

Summary of the Principal Problems 408

CHAPTER Ⅻ NECESSITY AND COERCION 415

Basic Distinctions 419

Physical Causation 421

Teleological Necessity 425

Coercion 436

Policy and Punishment 444

CHAPTER ⅩⅢ MENTAL DISEASE 449

The Underlying Issues 455

The Conflict of Perspectives 455

Punishment 458

The Rule of Law 460

The Expert and the Jury 464

The Status of Psychiatry Among the Sciences 466

The M’Naghten Rules 472

The "Irresistible Impulse" Hypothesis 486

The Durham "Product" Rule 500

Amendment of the M’Naghten Rules 519

CHAPTER ⅩⅣ INTOXICATION 529

The Common Law and the Exculpatory Rule 529

"Voluntary Intoxication" 538

Legal Obstacles to Reform 544

Findings of Research on Alcoholism 549

Proposed Legal Reforms 552

CHAPTER ⅩⅤ CRIMINAL ATTEMPT 558

History 558

Rules and Doctrine 574

Preparation and Attempt 576

Competing Theories 579

The Common Law Theory 583

Impossibility 586

Objective Risk 591

Factual Impossibility and the Principle of Legality 594

CHAPTER ⅩⅥ CRIMINOLOGY AND PENAL THEORY 600

TABLE OF CASES 623

SUBJECT INDEX 633