In An Introduction to the Model Penal Code, Second Edition, Markus Dubber retains the book's original goal, approach, and structure as a companion to the Code. He reflects the Code's aim to present an accessible, comprehensive, and systematic account of American criminal law.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; SC 1 A Key to the Model Penal Code and to American Criminal Law; SC 2 Origins: The ALI, Legal Process, and Treatmentism; SC 2.1 Criminal Propensities; SC 2.2 The Model Penal and Correctional Code; SC 2.3 The Structure of the Model Penal Code; SC 3 The Model Penal Code in a Nutshell: Section 1.02; SC 3.1 The Prerequisites of Criminal Liability: Of Crimes and Criminals; SC 3.2 The Analysis of Criminal Liability: Three Levels of Inquiry; Chapter 1: Criminal Conduct; SC4 Conduct; SC4.1 Actus Reus; (A) Act; (B) Voluntariness; (C) Omission; (D) Possession; SC 4.2 Mens Rea and Offense Elements; (A) Element Types; (B) The Mens Rea Requirement; (C) Rules of Interpretation; (D) Modes of Culpability; (E) Matching Conduct to Offense; SC 4.3 Intoxication and Mistake; (A) Intoxication; (B) Mistake; SC 4.4 Liability for Another's Conduct; (A) Instruments; (B) Complicity; (C) Corporations; SC 5 That Inflicts or Threatens; SC 5.1 Causation; SC 5.2 Inchoate Offenses; (A) Attempt; (B) Conspiracy; (C) Solicitation; (D) Renunciation; SC 6 Substantial Harm to Individual or Public Interests; SC 6.1 Substantial Harm; SC 6.2 Individual or Public Interests; Chapter 2: Justification; SC 7 Defenses in General; SC 8 Necessity; SC 9 Defense of Persons (Self and Others) and of Property; SC 9.1 Self-Defense; (A) Use of Force Upon or Toward Another Person; (B) Belief; (C) Necessity; (D) Unlawfulness; (E) Immediacy and Protection; (F) Self- and Other-Defense; SC 9.2 Defense of Property; SC 9.3 Deadly Force; SC 10 Law Enforcement; SC 11 Consent; Chapter 3: Excuse; SC 12 Excuses in the Model Penal Code; SC 13 Duress; SC 14 Entrapment; SC 15 Ignorance of Law; SC 16 Provocation and Diminished Capacity; SC 17 Insanity and Infancy; Conclusion; SC 18 Analysis of Criminal Liability; Table of Cases; Table of Model Penal Code Sections and Statutes; Index