Jonathan Herring offers an exciting and accessible introduction to criminal law. This text provides students with a detailed knowledge of the law and includes extensive discussion on the theoretical issues raised by the law.
gives a statement that Payton is the drug dealer, not him, and that Payton had borrowed his car and must have put the ten kilos into his car. Harris says he knew Payton, Rakas, and Dunaway sold cocaine, but again says that he was there ...
Criminal Law offers a unique hybrid approach to learning criminal law.
The course begins by providing students with an overview of the criminal justice system and the roles of the different players in the system. This is followed by an analysis of the elements of a crime which include actus reus and mens rea.
For instance, when the bodies were discovered in the OJ Simpson murder case, Simpson was on a plane to Chicago [34]. The prosecution had to establish a timeline that showed that Simpson had enough time to commit the murders then board ...
By embedding sophisticated legal doctrine and analysis in real-world storytelling, the book provides a uniquely effective approach to teaching American criminal law in programs on criminal justice, political science, public policy, history, ...
This book examines the vast private criminal justice system to reveal lessons for public criminal justice reform.
Criminal Law Conversations showcases the most captivating of these essays, and provides insight into the most fundamental and provocative questions of modern criminal law.
To further readers’ understanding of the nature of these procedures, this book examines both the Constitution’s relevant provisions and the central developments in their interpretation by the Supreme Court and other U.S. courts.
This edition offers the most significant updating ever, including coverage of quickly-changing legal areas, such as sexual assault and self-defense law. Recent and ongoing revisions to the Model Penal Code are also covered."--
The manual describes the statutes and leading court cases governing each of the topics covered. All of the law-related topics required by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) are addressed in the manual.