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First Assignment Spring 2022

Criminal Law

LAW 506 Section 3

Shih-Chun Chien

Students,

I look forward to meeting you next week.

 

For your first assignment (week 1), read:

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Goals of Criminal Law

    1. What is criminal law?
    2. Why do we punish?
    3. Whom should we punish?
    4. How should we punish?

 

The Structures of Criminal Law

    1. Jury Trials
    2. The Presumption of Innocence and the “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” Standard
    3. Jury Nullification

 

 

pp. 1-6 (skip nn. 1-2)

pp. 31-53

pp. 53-73

 

 

 

pp. 6-9

pp. 9-19

 

 

 

 

pp. 19-29

 

The page numbers refer to the assigned textbook: Joshua Dressler & Stephen P. Garvey., CRIMINAL LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS, 9TH ED.

 

I will share a preliminary syllabus later this week.

 

 

Looking forward to a great semester,

Prof. Chien

 

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