Criminal Law POL355/01 Fall 2011

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Purchase the textbook and bring it to every class. (See the course information page.)

Assignment for class 01, Friday, August 26:
The written part of this assignment is due Thursday, August 25, 11:59 P.M.

Statutory Rape or Incest?
Read Impossible Incest?
Submit an answer the question at the end of the story.

A Taste of Criminal Law
Read The Queen v. Dudley and Stevens, text pages 532 to 535.
Submit an answer to the following question: The judges sentenced Dudley and Stevens to death. Assume you agree that the sentence was appropriate. What purpose does this punishment serve?
If you cannot get the text before the first class, you can read a version of the Dudley case here: The Queen v. Dudley and Stevens.

Use the Submit Assignments section of the Blackboard site for this course to submit you responses. If you do not know how to use this tool then e-mail your responses to me as attachments.