Model Penal Code

Complete Statutory Text, Official Draft as adopted at the 1962 Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, Order Code 5788, $40 -- Order this item

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The purpose of the Model Penal Code was to stimulate and assist legislatures in making a major effort to appraise the content of the penal law by a contemporary reasoned judgment—the prohibitions it lays down, the excuses it admits, the sanctions it employs, and the range of the authority that it distributes and confers. Since its promulgation, the Code has played an important part in the widespread revision and codification of the substantive criminal law of the United States.

The complete text of the Code: Part I. General Provisions: Article 1—Preliminary; Article 2—General Principles of Liability; Article 3—General Principles of Justification; Article 4—Responsibility; Article 5—Inchoate Crimes; Article 6—Authorized Disposition of Offenders; Article 7—Authority of Court in Sentencing. Part II. Definition of Specific Crimes: Offenses Involving Danger to the Person: Article 210—Criminal Homicide; Article 211—Assault; Reckless Endangering; Threats; Article 212—Kidnapping and Related Offenses; Coercion; Article 213—Sexual Offenses. Offenses Against Property: Article 220—Arson, Criminal Mischief, and Other Property Destruction; Article 221—Burglary, and Other Criminal Intrusion; Article 222—Robbery; Article 223—Theft and Related Offenses; Article 224—Forgery and Fraudulent Practices. Offenses Against the Family: Article 230—Offenses Against the Family. Offenses Against Public Administration: Article 240—Bribery and Corrupt Influence; Article 241—Perjury and Other Falsification in Official Matters; Article 242—Obstructing Governmental Operations; Escapes; Article 243—Abuse of Office. Offenses Against Public Order and Decency: Article 250—Riot, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Offenses; Article 251—Public Indecency. Part III. Treatment and Correction: Article 301—Suspension of Sentence; Probation; Article 302—Fines; Article 303—Short-Term Imprisonment; Article 304—Long-Term Imprisonment; Article 305—Release on Parole; Article 306—Loss and Restoration of Rights Incident to Conviction or Imprisonment. Part IV. Organization of Correction: Article 401—Department of Correction; Article 402—Board of Parole; Article 403—Administration of Institutions; Article 404—Division of Parole; Alternative Article 404—Division of Probation and Parole; Article 405—Division of Probation.

Model Penal Code and Commentaries

(Parts I and II)

Revised Comments, with text of Model Penal Code as adopted at the 1962 Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute. The commentary for Parts I and II was significantly expanded and updated to reflect and explore the far-reaching legislative and judicial response to the Code.

Parts I and II, and Complete Statutory Text, (7 vols.), 1980 and 1985, Order Code 5791, Was $250. NOW $150-- Order this item

Part I: General Provisions (3 vols.): Vol. 1, §§ 1.01 to 2.13, liii, 420 pp.; Preliminary; General Principles of Liability. Vol. 2, §§ 3.01 to 5.07, xl, 506 pp.; General Principles of Justification; Responsibility; Inchoate Crimes. Vol. 3, §§ 6.01 to 7.09, xl, 319 pp.; Authorized Disposition of Offenders; Authority of Court in Sentencing. 1985, Order Code 5787, Was $110. NOW $60.   -- Order this item

Part II: Definition of Specific Crimes (3 vols.): Vol. 1, §§ 210.0 to 213.6, xliv, 439 pp.; Offenses Involving Danger to the Person: Criminal Homicide; Assault, Reckless Endangering, Threats; Kidnapping and Related Offenses, Coercion; Sexual Offenses. Vol. 2, §§ 220.1 to 230.5, xliv, 465 pp.; Offenses Against Property: Arson, Criminal Mischief, and Other Property Destruction; Burglary and Other Criminal Intrusion; Robbery; Theft and Related Offenses; Forgery and Fraudulent Practice; Offenses Against the Family. Vol. 3, §§ 240.0 to 251.4, xliv, 523 pp.; Offenses Against Public Administration: Bribery and Corrupt Influence; Perjury and Other Falsification in Official Matters; Obstructing Governmental Operations; Escapes. Offenses Against Public Order and Decency: Riot, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Offenses; Public Indecency. 1980, Order Code 5089, Was $110. NOW $60.  -- Order this item

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For Comments on Parts III and IV, see Tentative Drafts.

Reportorial Staff for Model Penal Code:

Chief Reporter: Herbert Wechsler, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York.

Reporter: Louis B. Schwartz, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Associate Reporters: Morris Ploscowe, New York, New York (Tentative Draft No. 2, Articles 6, 7, 301); Paul W. Tappan, New York University, New York, New York (Sentencing and Treatment of Offenders; Organization of Correction).

Reportorial Staff for Revision of the Commentaries:

Chief Reporter: R. Kent Greenawalt, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York.

Reporter for Part I, Article 1: Malvina Halberstam, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, New York.

Reporter through 1975, for Part I, Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, and Reporter for Part II: Peter W. Low, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Associate Reporter, from 1976, for Part I, Articles 6 and 7: Sanford Fox, Boston College of Law, Newton, Massachusetts.

Associate Reporter for Part II: John Calvin Jeffries, Jr., University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Special Consultants: Frances A. Allen, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois (Sections 2.07, 3.07, and 6.04); Sanford Bates, Pennington, New Jersey (Sentencing and Treatment of Offenders; Organization of Correction); Rex A. Collings, Jr., University of California School of Law, Berkeley, California (Articles 210, 211, 212, 250, and 251); Frank P. Grad, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York (Sentencing and Treatment of Offenders; Organization of Correction); Manfred S. Guttmacher, M. D., Baltimore, Maryland (Article 4); William K. Jones, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York (Article 5); Robert E. Knowlton, Rutgers University Law School, Newark, New Jersey (Articles 213, 223, 224, and 241); Harold Korn, New York, New York (Article 5); Monrad G. Paulsen, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York (Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, and 2.13); Frank J. Remington, University of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison, Wisconsin (Sections 1.03, 1.06-1.11); Thorsten Sellin, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Tentative Draft No. 3; The Death Penalty); Louis H. Swartz, New York, New York (Article 4; Sentencing and Treatment of Offenders); Glanville Williams, Jesus College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (Article 3).

Criminal Law Advisory Committee: Francis A. Allen, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois; Sanford Bates, Consultant in Administration, formerly Commissioner, Department of Institutions and Agencies, State of New Jersey, Pennington, New Jersey; Dale E. Bennett, Professor of Law, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; James V. Bennett, Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia; Curtis Bok, Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charles D. Breitel, Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York, New York; Ernest W. Burgess, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Leonard S. Cottrell, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, New York; Samuel Dash, formerly District Attorney of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; George H. Dession, Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut [Deceased 1955]; Edward J. Dimock, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, New York, New York; Richard C. Donnelly, Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Gerald F. Flood, Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lawrence Z. Freedman, M. D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Stanley H. Fuld, Judge, New York Court of Appeals, New York, New York [to 1961]; Sheldon Glueck, Professor of Law, Law School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Manfred S. Guttmacher, M. D., Chief Medical Officer, Supreme Bench of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; Jerome Hall, Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana [to 1956]; Learned Hand, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New York, New York [Deceased 1961]; Albert J. Harno, Springfield, Illinois; Henry M. Hart, Professor of Law, Law School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Kenneth D. Johnson, Dean, New York School of Social Work, New York, New York [Deceased 1958]; Florence M. Kelley, Presiding Justice, Domestic Relations Court, New York City, New York, New York; Thomas D. McBride, formerly Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jerome Michael, Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York [Deceased 1953]; Lloyd Ohlin, Professor, New York School of Social Work, New York, New York; Russell G. Oswald, Chairman, New York State Board of Parole, Albany, New York; Winfred Overholser, M. D., Superintendent, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Federal Security Agency, Washington, District of Columbia; John H. Parker, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Charlotte, North Carolina [Deceased 1958]; Timothy N. Pfeiffer, New York, New York; Orie L. Phillips, Judge (Ret.), United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, Denver, Colorado; Morris Ploscowe, New York, New York; Frank J. Remington, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin; Joseph Sarafite, Judge, Court of General Sessions, New York, New York; Thorsten Sellin, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Arthur H. Sherry, Professor of Law, University of California School of Law, Berkeley, California; Joseph Sloane, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Floyd E. Thompson, Chicago, Illinois [Deceased 1960]; Lionel Trilling, Professor of English, Columbia University, New York, New York [to 1959]; Will C. Turnbladh, St. Paul, Minnesota; John Barker Waite, Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Tentative and Other Annual Meeting Drafts

Tentative Drafts Nos. 1-4 (Reprint, bound together), Order Code 5083, $10 -- Order this item . Included are the following:

Tentative Draft No. 1: Plan of Code; General Principles of Liability; Property Crimes vii, 119 pp., 1953

Tentative Draft No. 2: Preliminary; Authorized Disposition of Offenders; Authority of Court in Sentencing; Property Offenses; Suspension of Sentence; Probation xi, 155 pp., 1954

Tentative Draft No. 3: Proposals for the Sentencing and Treatment of the Young Adult Offender under the Model Penal Code: Paul W. Tappan; The Youth Correction Authority (YCAA) and the Draft Code: Thorsten Sellin vii, 63 pp., 1955

Tentative Draft No. 4: Code Provisions and Their Present Status; Preliminary; General Principles of Liability; Responsibility; Authorized Disposition of Offenders; Authority of Court in Sentencing; Offenses Against Property; Sexual Offenses; Suspension of Sentence; Probation xv, 302 pp., 1955

Tentative Drafts Nos. 5-7 (Reprint, bound together), Order Code 5084, $9 -- Order this item . Included are the following:

Tentative Draft No. 5: Territorial Applicability; Time Limitations; Double Jeopardy; Liability of Corporations; Parole; Organization of Correction xi, 187 pp., 1956

Tentative Draft No. 6: Obscenity; Perjury and Other Falsification to Authorities xiii, 165 pp., 1957

Tentative Draft No. 7: Immaturity Excluding Criminal Conviction; Sentencing and Treatment of the Young Adult Offender; The California Youth Authority and the Model Penal Code: Paul W. Tappan ix, 127 pp., 1957

Tentative Drafts Nos. 8-10 (Reprint, bound together), Order Code 5085, $11 -- Order this item . Included are the following:

Tentative Draft No. 8: General Principles of Justification; Offenses Against Public Administration vii, 139 pp., 1958

Tentative Draft No. 9: General Principles of Liability; Offenses Involving Danger to the Person; Sexual Offenses and Offenses Against the Family; Offenses Against Public Administration xvi, 220 pp., 1959

The Death Penalty, by Thorsten Sellin: A Report for the Model Penal Code Project of The American Law Institute iv, 84 pp., 1959

Tentative Draft No. 10: General Principles of Liability; Duress as a Defense. Inchoate Crimes: Criminal Attempt; Criminal Solicitation; Criminal Conspiracy; Incapacity; Irresponsibility or Immunity of Party to Solicitation or Conspiracy; Mitigation in Cases of Lesser Danger; Multiple Convictions Barred xii, 197 pp., 1960

Tentative Drafts Nos. 11-13 and Proposed Final Draft No. 1 (Reprint, bound together), Order Code 5086, $9 -- Order this item . Included are the following:

Tentative Draft No. 11: Bodily Injury and Related Offenses; Kidnapping and Related Offenses; Arson and Other Property Damage; Burglary and Other Criminal Intrusion; Robbery and Theft; Forgery and Fraudulent Practices xii, 117 pp., 1960

Tentative Draft No. 12: Long-Term Imprisonment; Administration of Institutions ix, 85 pp., 1960

Tentative Draft No. 13: Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses; Possession of Instruments of Crime; Weapons xii, 82 pp., 1961

Proposed Final Draft No. 1: Sentencing and Correction xviii, 161 pp., 1961

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