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: 28605

  • Spring '24
  • 3
  • 107
  • Tues: 2:10-3:05
    Thurs: 1:05-3:05

    Day

  • Omavi Shukur

    Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • 0 openings. (Limit 66). First Year
  • 506a

  • Criminal Law and its Processes: Cases and Materials 11th Ed

    ISBN: 1543810772 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription


CRN: 28531

  • Spring '24
  • 3
  • 460
  • Tues: 2:10-4:10
    Thurs: 2:10-3:05

    Day

  • Matiangai Sirleaf

  • 0 openings. (Limit 66). First Year
  • 506a

  • Radical Acts of Justice How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration

    ISBN: 9781620977446 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription


    Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application, and Practice Third Edition

    ISBN: 9781543835120 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription


CRN: 28352

  • Spring '24
  • 3
  • 205
  • Mon: 10:25-11:50
    Wed: 10:25-11:50

    Day

  • Richard Boldt

    David Gray

  • 0 openings. (Limit 66). First Year
  • 506a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class


    Criminal Law Cases and Materials, 9th Edition

    ISBN: 9781647087708 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription


CRN: 99988

  • Fall '24
  • 3
  • 302
  • Wed: 6:30-9:35

    Evening

  • Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • Enrollment Limit:

CRN: 28605

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • 205
  • Mon. 10:55-11:50
    Wed: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Omavi Shukur

    Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • Enrollment Limit: 60

CRN: 28531

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • 460
  • Tues: 2:10-4:10
    Thurs: 2:10-3:05

    Day

  • Matiangai Sirleaf

  • Enrollment Limit: 60

CRN: 28352

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • 107
  • Wed: 10:55-11:50
    Thurs:1:05-3:05

    Day

  • Richard Boldt

    David Gray

  • Enrollment Limit: 60