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Thoughts On Professor Crump's Comparison Of Traditional American Homicide Law And The Model Penal Code, Neil P. Cohen Jan 2007

Thoughts On Professor Crump's Comparison Of Traditional American Homicide Law And The Model Penal Code, Neil P. Cohen

West Virginia Law Review

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"Murder, Pennsylvania Style": Comparing Traditional American Homicide Law To The Statutes Of Model Penal Code Jurisdictions, David Crump Jan 2007

"Murder, Pennsylvania Style": Comparing Traditional American Homicide Law To The Statutes Of Model Penal Code Jurisdictions, David Crump

West Virginia Law Review

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Critiquing Crump: The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Professor Crump's Model Laws Of Homicide, Arnold H. Loewy Jan 2007

Critiquing Crump: The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Professor Crump's Model Laws Of Homicide, Arnold H. Loewy

West Virginia Law Review

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Attempt, Reckless Homicide, And The Design Of Criminal Law, Michael T. Cahill Jan 2007

Attempt, Reckless Homicide, And The Design Of Criminal Law, Michael T. Cahill

University of Colorado Law Review

Most American criminal codes create an offense for recklessly killing another person, and nearly all contain a general provision covering any attempt to commit an offense. This article explores the relation between reckless homicide and attempt, which proves more complex than it appears and also turns out to provide a useful starting point for examination of several broader issues in attempt law and criminal law generally. The idea of "attempted reckless homicide" ("ARH") is largely disfavored by legal scholars and almost, but not quite, universally rejected in American law. Part I of the article questions that hostility. The theoretical arguments …