If time permits, we may cover any difficult subjects contained in the background materials. At the beginning of each major topic area, this syllabus states certain objectives. The objectives are for illustration only. Certainly, they are not all-inclusive. You should add appropriate objectives as you study the materials for this course.
Morality plays an equally important role.
This holds true no matter how repulsive the act or the actor. It is the responsibility and function of criminal law to fashion punishment so as not to exceed an individual's criminal culpability. Public policy sacrifices the individual to the public good. . . .