A Brief History of Distinctions in Criminal Culpability

Authors

Paul H. Robinson, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1980

Abstract

The Model Penal Code identifies five levels of culpable states of mind significant to criminal liability. Professor Robinson reviews the evolution and refinement of those distinctions and considers current and future implications of viewing the Model Penal Code scheme as one stage in a continuing development.

Keywords

criminal code, history, model penal code, Anglo-Saxon code

Publication Title

Hastings Law Journal

Publication Citation

31 Hastings L. J. 815 (1980)

Repository Citation

Robinson, Paul H., "A Brief History of Distinctions in Criminal Culpability" (1980). All Faculty Scholarship. 631.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/631