Criminal Law Thematic Songs

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2	Introduction (judicial interpretation and prison’s inherent violence)	Johnny Cash, When the Man Comes Around
3	Humans define what counts as a crime	Sade, Is It A Crime?	Cursive, Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand
4	Crimes are influenced by socioeconomic factors	Tupac, 16 on Death Row	The Notorious B.I.G., Juicy	Les Colocs, Passe-moé la puck
5	Crimes can be a form of resistance	Public Enemy, Fight The Power	Princess Nokia, ABCs of New York	The Clash, I Fought the Law	Bikini Kill, Rebel Girl	Limp Bizkit, Break Stuff
6	Sources of the criminal law	The Temptations, Law Of The Land
7	Fair notice & why we mostly don’t have common law offences	Blondie, I Know but I Don’t Know
8	The criminal justice process seeks truth… or does it?	4 Non Blondes, What's Up	Jack Johnson, Anything But The Truth	Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise	Gary Moore, Over The Hills And Far Away
9	The presumption of innocence & proof beyond a reasonable doubt	Shaggy, It Wasn't Me
10	Police stops & racial profiling	KRS-One, Sound of da Police
11	Police searches and expectations of privacy	Jay-Z, 99 Problems	Ludacris, Rollout (My Business)	Ice Cube, Ghetto Bird	U2, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
12	Excluding illegally-obtained evidence, rarer than you’d think	Nat King Cole, Pretend	Avril Lavigne, My Happy Ending	Foo Fighters, The Pretender
13	Entrapment, or when can police push you to commit a crime	The Mountain Goats, Fall of the Star High School Running Back	Taylor Swift, Look What You Made Me Do
14	Undercover investigations, false confessions, and the right to stfu	The Go-Gos, Our Lips Are Sealed	Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody	No Doubt, Don't Speak
15	Police misconduct and liability	NWA, Fuck the Police	Rage Against the Machine, Killing in the Name
16	Reasonable bail, just cause, and being set up to fail	Nas, One Love	2Pac, Out on Bail
17	Prosecutorial discretion regarding charges and plea agreements	The Clash, I Fought the Law
18	Plea agreements	Robert Johnson, Cross Road Blues
19	Interpreting the statute	The Who, I Don't Even Know Myself
20	The physical act aka actus reus: the basics	Dead Kennedys, Stealing People’s Mail	Taylor Swift, no body, no crime	Judas Priest, Breaking the Law
21	The physical act aka actus reus: causation	U2, All Because Of You	U2, With or Without You	Linkin Park, In The End
22	The state of mind aka mens rea: when it is subjective	Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues	Boston, More than a Feeling
23	The state of mind aka mens rea: substitutes & foresight	The Monkees, I'm a Believer	Linkin Park, One Step Closer
24	The state of mind aka mens rea: when it is objective	Pixies, Where Is My Mind?	Alanis Morissette, You Oughta Know
25	Kind of mens rea but also not: strict and absolute liability	Penelope Scott, Lotta True Crime	U2, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For	The Beatles, Lovely Rita
26	Those who participate in offences	Olivia Rodrigo, favorite crime	Ben E. King, Stand By Me
27	Inchoate offences aka thoughtcrimes	The Mountain Goats, Old College Try	Beach Boys, Wouldn’t It Be Nice
28	Unconstitutional vagueness, arbitrariness, overbreadth, and gross disproportionality	The Beatles, I Am The Walrus
29	Basics of defences & the ‘no big deal’ defence	Lauryn Hill, Nothing Even Matters	Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, No Matter
30	The defence of consent and implied consent	The Beatles, I Want to Hold Your Hand	Meat Loaf, I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)	Warren Zevon, Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)
31	Legal effectiveness of consent	Survivor, Eye of the Tiger	Elton John, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
32	Factual validity of consent	Spice Girls, Wannabe	Ella Fitzgerald, Baby It’s Cold Outside	Bikini Kill, White Boy
33	Mistakes and officially induced errors	The Monkees, You Told Me	Cher, If I Could Turn Back Time
34	Defences for defending something, aka the defence defences	The Chicks, Goodbye Earl	Enrique Iglesias, Hero
35	Avoiding something worse aka duress & necessity	Metallica, Master of Puppets	Bee Gees, Stayin’ Alive	Evanescence, Taking Over Me
36	Intoxication	Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
37	The right to trial within a reasonable time	Cyndi Lauper, Time After Time	Animals as Leaders, Tempting Time	Hiromi's Sonicbloom, Time Out
38	Disclosure and class privilege	Earth, Wind & Fire, Let Me Talk	Rage Against the Machine, Testify
39	Dealing with wrongful convictions	The Tragically Hip, Wheat Kings	Bob Dylan, Hurricane	Billy Talent, The Dead Can’t Testify
40	Justifications for incarceration if you believe in the system	Johnny Cash, I Walk The Line	Tey De Gennaro, Testimony of the Casualty
41	It’s not too good at rehabilitating and deterring	Coldplay, Fix You	Lawrence Gowan, A Criminal Mind
42	Justifications for incarceration if you don’t believe in the system	Rage Against the Machine, Killing in the Name	Lauryn Hill, Black Rage	Dead Kennedys, Kill the Poor	Vince Staples, Hands Up	Midnight Oil, Beds Are Burning
43	What about law reform?	The Beatles, Revolution	Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
44	What about restorative justice and Indigenous law?	nêhiyawak, open window	The Halluci Nation, How I Feel	Midnight Oil, Beds Are Burning	Newfound Glory, Head On Collision
45	What about abolishing the criminal justice system?	Gil-Scott Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	System Of A Down, Prison Song	Queen, I Want to Break Free
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