The origins of American felony murder rules.

From: Stanford Law Review | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Binder, Guyora | Copyright information 
INTRODUCTION: THE MYTH OF THE COMMON LAW FELONY MURDER RULE 
I. THE COMMON LAW OF HOMICIDE IN THE COURSE OF CRIME 
   A. Homicide in the Course of Crime in Early English Law 
   B. Distinguishing Murder and Manslaughter in Sixteenth-Century 
   England. 
   C. Rejecting an Unlawful Act Murder Rule in Seventeenth-Century 
   England 
   D. Proposing a Felony Murder Rule in Eighteenth-Century England 
II. THE BELATED EMERGENCE OF FELONY MURDER LIABILITY IN ENGLAND 
III. SOURCES OF AMERICAN ...

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