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Summary
Database Name: Substantive Criminal Law

Database Identifier: SUBCRL

Coverage
Current through the 2009-2010 pocket parts published in October 2009. Updated annually.

Content Highlights:
Substantive Criminal Law by Wayne LaFave, national expert in criminal law, presents each element of common criminal offenses. Learn what conduct is required to convict for any criminal offense. The substantive elements of each crime are focused on, as defined by state statute and interpreted by the courts. There is extensive discussion of the Model Penal Code that forms the basis of recodification in 34 states. Detailed analysis leads you to an accurate assessment of the statutory particulars of each state.

Highlights of the 2009-2010 Updates:

The 2009-2010 supplement to Substantive Criminal Law contains many new cases and developments, including:

Oregon v. Ice - (Supreme Court ruling on judge's discretion in determination of concurrent or consecutive sentencing for discrete offenses.)

State v. Lamy- (additional changes to the 'born alive' rule due to further advances in technology.)

Abuelhawa v. United States - (Supreme Court ruling on 'plain meaning' of 'facilitating' a drug sale)

Explanation of 'proportional mens rea' (s 5:5)

Many secondary references providing useful links to additional sources such as a critical assessment of the 20+ states with statutory provisions addressing conduct exposing others to HIV (see s 16:2 fn69 Cornell Law Review)

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Contents
The SUBCRL database contains the text of Substantive Criminal Law, a three-volume treatise that is part of West, a Thomson business's Criminal Practice Series. Substantive Criminal Law presents each element of the most common criminal offenses and focuses on the ways specific crimes and general principles of criminal law are defined by state statutes and interpreted by the courts. Extensive discussion of the Model Penal Code provides accurate assessment of the statutory particulars of each state, as well as their probable ramifications. Text covers general considerations, sources and general limitations, and basic premises of substantive criminal law. A document is a section of text.

Publisher/Provider: Thomson Reuters/West

Author(s): Wayne R. LaFave.

Derivation
Substantive Criminal Law, a three-volume treatise which is part of West, a Thomson Reuters business's Criminal Practice Series, is current through the second edition and the 2008-2009 pocket parts.

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