Beth A. Colgan
J.D. Northwestern University School of Law, 2000
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This course covers selected topics in substantive criminal law: principles underlying the definition of crime such as the requirements of actus reus and mens rea and general doctrines such as... |
In recent years increasing attention has been paid to the government's reliance on the use of economic sanctions (fines, forfeitures, fees, restitution, court and probation costs, etc.) as both a... |
This course studies Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment constitutional restraints on the activities of law enforcement officers during the investigatory stage of the criminal process. Special... |
This course will investigate the legal and policy implications of current topics in criminal law and procedure. Past topics have included civil asset forfeiture, opioid abuse, marijuana legalization,... |
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This course will examine five key moments in time in which policing and crime shaped the history of Los Angeles: the mob fights of the prohibition era; the Watts Riots of the 1960s; the beating of... |
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