PLS 101 - Criminal Law for the Paralegal

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

PARALEGAL STUDIES

Description:

(Students majoring in Criminal Justice are not permitted to register forthis course.)Analysis of substantive criminal law, federal and state, with emphasison background of the common law. Includes discussion of generalprinciples of criminal law such as the extent to which the lawattributes criminality to acts or omissions; criminal intent; conspiracy;infancy; insanity; drunkenness; special defenses; entrapment, mistake,and ignorance; and specific offenses such as offenses against theperson, habitation, property, public peace, and morality

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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