Intro to American Criminal Law (Part 4) - Criminal Defenses
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Updated on Jun, 2024
Language - English
Lectures -11
Resources -1
Duration -2.5 hours
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Course Description
In this class, we will study criminal defenses in this class, including the difference between the defenses of insanity, intoxication, infancy, duress, necessity, self-defense, defense of others, consent, and a few others.
What is a criminal defense? A criminal defense is used when you have committed a crime, but you have a reason that you are either not responsible for your actions (insanity, intoxication, etc.) or you have a justification or excuse for your actions (self-defense, defense of others, consent, etc.). Many people believe that if you claim insanity as a defense, you can go free. But is that what really happens? That's just one of the things you will learn in this class.
I will provide videos for the course that will explain each topic along with practice story problems (called fact patterns in law) to help understand each concept. Students will be instructed to listen to a brief lesson, pause the video and try the practice problems themselves, then unpause the video to listen to the answers. Students should pay attention to the thinking behind the answers, not just the answers themselves.
Goals
- Students will learn the basic elements common law criminal defenses
- Students will learn to look for the little details, think through a problem, and not settle on the first answer that jumps to mind
- Students will have a broader understanding of the world of criminal law crimes against the person and be able to speak intelligently about the topic
Prerequisites
This class will make more sense if you've taken Parts 1-3, but you can also take this class on its own if you are only interested in learning about criminal defenses.
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Criminal Defenses
11 Lectures
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1 - Insanity
30:16
30:16
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2 - Intoxication
14:02
14:02
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3 - Infancy
12:38
12:38
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4 - Duress
13:56
13:56
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5 - Necessity
15:36
15:36
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6 - Self-defense
23:35
23:35
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7 - Defense of Others
02:25
02:25
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8 - Defense of Property
10:17
10:17
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9 - Consent
11:22
11:22
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10 - Maintaining Domestic Authority
08:44
08:44
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11 - Entrapment
09:26
09:26
Instructor Details
Michael Traywick
My name is Mike Traywick, and I am a former high school teacher, a current lawyer, and a veteran of the US Navy.
I am the founder of Law School for Teens, a website and program that teaches law at a high school level, using law to teach kids to think.
As a high school teacher, I taught classes on Criminal Law, Science Fiction, US History, and Civics. I enjoy creating classes that make learn to think in a structured manner and help them learn to look at the world in a critical manner. I also enjoy supporting my former school's "We the People" program, a program that helps high school kids dive deep into the Constitution and the history of our great country.
My goal as a teacher is to help students liberate the genius within them. I am a firm believer that we each have gifts to offer the world, and the purpose of education is to find those gifts. Therefore, my classes are shaped around going deeper into topics and pushing ourselves to challenge our own thinking and the thinking of others to better our understanding of the world around us.
As a lawyer, I do estate planning (wills, trusts, and other types of planning) and business formation (LLCs, corporations, and contracts among other legal necessities for businesses). I enjoy helping families protect themselves from unforeseen events as well as supporting entrepreneurs pursuing their dreams.
While in the Navy, I was an Arabic Linguist. I did a deployment on the USS Florida, a submarine, where I spent 78 days underwater without seeing the sun! I also spent a tour in a Iraq supporting the Navy SEALs in their operations (I am not a SEAL, I just helped them do their jobs).
I am also a part of the John Maxwell Teach as a Certified Leadership Trainer, Speaker, and Coach. I traveled to Asuncion, Paraguay, in May to help teach leadership values to students in the schools in and around Asuncion. It was an amazing experience.
I am a world traveler, who has been to places like Scotland, England, Bahrain, Iraq (though that wasn't a social visit), India, Australia, and New Zealand. I love immersing myself in different cultures, and I enjoy meeting new people.
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