Class 19: Model Penal Code: Default Rules of
Construction, States of Mind and Mistake

Prepare:  

    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:

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