Class 18: Model Penal Code: Default Rules of
Construction, States of Mind and Mistake

Prepare:  

    Do: Read Dressler 22-23, 84-85, 120-124, 131

Review the Model Penal Code Definitions and Default Rules, §§ 1.13, 2.01, 2.02 and 2.05.

    Do the following CALI lessons (to download or to run over the Internet, click on the URL in the box on the right):    The first four lessons should be done carefully, the latter four need only be done cursorily.

Lesson
Minimum Culpability Requirements Under the Model Penal Code http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM22L/MISKAN
Ambiguous Culpability Requirements http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM23L/MISKAN
Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Elements of Offenses http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM24L/MISKAN
Mistake as to the Law Defining the Offense http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM25L/MISKAN
The Mens Rea of Purpose http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM04L/MISKAN
The Mens Rea of Knowledge http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM07L/MISKAN
The Mens Rea of Recklessness http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM05L/MISKAN
The Mens Rea of Negligence http://lessons.cali.org/urllink.asp?CRIM06L/MISKAN

    Do:  Apply the rules of construction you have learned to the following problem.

In Class:  Review MPC Default Rules and Definitions and Apply to Problem

Reflect:

Next Class Previous Class Home