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Spring 2014

5303 Criminal Law - DUNCAN- 12646

Professor(s): Meredith Duncan (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: 1st Year - Section B 

Time: 10:30a-12:00p  MW  Location: TUII-240 

Course Outline: Criminal Law is the study of criminal law theory -- why our society punishes criminal behavior, who should be punished, and how much punishment should be imposed. The course explores the history of criminal law as well as modern-day penal statutes, with particular emphasis on the Model Penal Code.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes:   

Prerequisites:  

First Day Assignments: First day class assignment:

Criminal Law — For Monday, January 13th, please read and be prepared to discuss pp. 1-29 from the Dressler casebook (5th edition, 2009). The syllabus for this course will be posted soon at www.law.uh.edu/faculty/mduncan.

Final Exam Schedule: 04/30 9am-Noon  240 BLB  213 BLB   

This course will have:
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Paper:

Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

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