Students,

I look forward to meeting you. For your first assignment (week 1), read:

A. 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?
pp. 1-6 (skip nn. 1-2)
pp. 31-53
pp. 53-73

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

Looking forward to a great semester,
Prof. Chien