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Cases and Materials on Criminal Law,(American Casebook Series) (American Casebook)
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Product Description
This popular casebook, through the selection of classic and modern cases, provides an excellent tool for teaching students the common law foundations of the criminal law and modern statutory reform, including the Model Penal Code. Along the way, the casebook considers modern controversies (e.g., "shaming" punishment, rape law, self-defense by battered women, euthanasia, the role of culture in determining culpability), and creatively uses literature (e.g., examining insanity through Edgar Allen Poe's The-Tell Tale Heart) and even "brain teasers" to confront (as the Preface states) "the Big Questions . . . that philosophers, theologians, scientists, and poets, as well as lawyers, have grappled with for centuries
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #39992 in Books
- Published on: 2007-02-01
- Released on: 2007-02-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 1044 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
McGeorge School of Law
Customer Reviews
I got a B+ because I bought a great book of briefs...
The casebook is only ok, so get a good book of briefs. Read the brief first, THEN read the case in the casebook. For briefs I used ISBN 0976871602, which had a well written brief for every case assigned in class, and it was REALLY helpful.
Buy it for your kids for Christmas
A real page turner.
A terrific romp for the entire family.
It could use a little more character development, but otherwise... I laughed... I cried... I studied... a lot.
Interesting Book
It drives me nuts that there is a new edition for the 2007-2008 school year, but at least the cases are interesting and generally illustrative of the concepts being taught. Like most casebooks, don't expect to get everything that you need out of it.
