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Criminal Law

Course Description

Criminal Law examines the functions and development of criminal law, including elements of criminal culpability, excuse and justification, theories of punishment, and specific crimes and defenses as defined by the interaction of statutes and common law. The criminal law’s jurisprudential focus on responsibility and on the translation of social values into legal obligations provides an important foundation for the study of law.

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 22701

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • Wed: 10:55-11:50
    Thurs:1:05-3:05

    Day

  • Richard Boldt

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). First Year

  • 506a

  • Sanford H. Kadish, Stephen J. Schulhofer, Rachel E. Barkow, Criminal Law and its Processes: Cases and Materials 11th edition , Aspen Publishing , Hardbound 2022

    ISBN: 9781543810776

CRN: 22682

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • Tues: 2:10-4:10
    Thurs: 2:10-3:05

    Day

  • Matiangai Sirleaf

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). First Year

  • 506a

  • JENS DAVID OHLIN, CRIMINAL LAW: DOCTRINE, APPLICATION, AND PRACTICE (4ed) , Aspen , (2024)

    ISBN: 9798892073394

    Digital(9798892073400) or Hardcover (9798892073394)

CRN: 22592

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • Mon: 10:25-11:50
    Wed: 10:25-11:50

    Day

  • Omavi Shukur

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). First Year

  • 506a

  • Sanford H. Kadish, Rachel E. Barkow, Stephen J. Schulhofer, Criminal Law and Its Processes 2022 , Aspen Casebook Series

    ISBN: 9781543810776

    The casebook for the course is Kadish, Schulhofer & Barkow, Criminal Law and Its Processes. You may use either the 9th edition from 2012, or the 10th edition from 2017, or the 11th edition from 2022. Any edition is fine. The older ones are cheaper. I will provide page numbers for all of them.

CRN: 22644

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Tues: 1:05-2:10
    Thurs: 2:10-4:10

    Day

  • Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • Enrollment Limit: 60

CRN: 22629

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Tues: 9:50-11:50
    Wed: 9:50-10:45

    Day

  • Guha Krishnamurthi

  • Enrollment Limit: 60

CRN: 22547

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Tues: 2:10-3:35
    Thurs: 2:10-3:25

    Day

  • Omavi Shukur

  • Enrollment Limit: 60