Rethinking criminal law / George P. Fletcher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface xix. -- Table of abbreviations and short form citations xxv, -- PART 1 Rethinking specific offenses 1, -- Ch 1 The topology of theft 3, -- Ch 2 Common law larceny and its metamorphosis 59, -- Ch 3 Two patterns of criminality 115, -- Ch 4 Homicide: three lines of liability 238, -- Ch 5 The Jurisprudence of homicide 341, -- PART II Rethinking the general part 391, -- Ch 6 The quest for the general part 393, -- Ch 7 The structure of wrongdoing 515, -- Ch 8 The theory of derivative liability 581, -- Ch 9 The theory of mistake 683, -- Ch 10 The theory of justification and excuse 759, -- Table of cases 877, -- Index 885.