American Criminal Law.

Catalog description

The course is a study of the principles, doctrines, and rules of criminal law; the sources of substantive criminal and procedural law; and constitutional constraints on the decision to define behavior as criminal. If this class is taken at the 500 level, it is a graduate course and the expectations for student performance are at an advanced level. Evaluation of course requirements is more rigorous than at the lower division section of this course.