Transcription of Model Penal Code FOREWORD - Internet Archive
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Model Penal Code FOREWORD Model Penal Code > FOREWORD FOREWORD The Model Penal Code of the American Law Institute, completed in 1962, played an important part in the widespread revision and codification of the substantive criminal law of the United States that has been taking place in the last twenty years. New codes were enacted in Illinois effective in 1962; Minnesota and New Mexico in 1963; New York in 1967; Georgia in 1969; Kansas in 1970; Connecticut in 1971; Colorado and Oregon in 1972; Delaware, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Utah in 1973; Montana, Ohio and Texas in 1974; Florida, Kentucky, North Dakota and Virginia in 1975; Arkansas, Maine and Washington in 1976; South Dakota and Indiana in 1977; Arizona and Iowa in 1978; Missouri, Nebraska and New Jersey in 1979; Alabama and Alaska in 1980; and Wyoming in 1983.
A grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration made the project possible and Professor R. Kent Greenawalt of Columbia University Law School was appointed Chief Reporter. Three volumes, containing Part II of the Model Code, Definition of Specific Crimes, with revised Comments drafted
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