Erin E. Murphy, Associate Reporter for Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, provides background and a short description of every provision in Tentative Draft No. 5.
Erin E. Murphy Posts
Mens Rea Throughout the Model Penal Code
by Erin E. Murphy | Jun 4, 2021 | Sexual Assault
Erin E. Murphy, Associate Reporter for Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, answers questions related to mental states throughout the Model Penal Code.
MPC: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses – The Grading of Offenses
by Erin E. Murphy | Jun 3, 2021 | Sexual Assault
Erin E. Murphy, Associate Reporter for Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, answers questions the grading of offenses.
Registration and Notification
by Erin E. Murphy | Feb 20, 2020 | Sexual Assault
The current ALI project Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses is a re-examination of Article 213 of the Model Penal Code. This post presents Section 213. 12 (A-J) of the most recent project draft (Council Draft No. 10, printed on December 13, 2019).
Consent in Tort Law
by Erin E. Murphy | Apr 26, 2019 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Scope Note appearing at the beginning of Chapter 2 – Consent, featured in Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.
Consent and Sexual Assault in Criminal v. Tort Law
by Erin E. Murphy | Mar 26, 2019 | Sexual Assault, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, NYU Law’s Erin Murphy and UC Irvine Law’s Ken Simons explore the difference between criminal law and tort law in the United States and then focus on how “consent” is, and should be, defined in sexual assault allegations.
Rape and Forcible Rape
by Erin E. Murphy | May 4, 2017 | Sexual Assault
The present Draft places Forcible Rape (Section 213.1) at two levels for grading purposes. The base offense is graded as a felony of the second degree, with an enhancement to a first-degree felony upon proof of any one of three aggravating circumstances.
Project Reporters on “Consent”
by Erin E. Murphy | Aug 30, 2016 | Sexual Assault
In this video, Project Reporter Stephen Schulhofer and Associate Reporter Erin Murphy discuss the project and the complexity of defining consent.