Criminal Law: Cases and Materials

By Guyora BinderJohn KaplanRobert Weisberg, et al.

Book Overview

Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive ACCESS to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes - portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. Criminal Law: Cases and Materials has long been respected for its distinguished authorship. The late John Kaplan's extraordinary work continues with the scholarship of Robert Weisberg and Guyora Binder. Their renowned interdisciplinary approach fuels class discussion as it enriches study. Logically organized into six categories, the text addresses the purposes and limits of punishment and considers the meaning and types of crime. Well-edited cases, interesting materials, and clear notes combine with cutting-edge issues and important social questions, such as who and why we punish. Especially strong are the discussions on the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault as well as sentencing proportionality, possession crimes, and felony murder. Features: Strong authorship The late John Kaplan, a storied teacher and scholar Weisberg and Binder, noted scholars in criminal law Interdisciplinary approach fuels class discussion enriches study Well-edited cases, interesting materials, and clear notes Logical organization six categories address the purposes and limits of punishment cover the meaning and types of crime Cutting-edge issues of the law and important social questions , such as who and why we punish Strong coverage of the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1454806982
• ISBN13: 9781454806981
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Length: 1121 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.6" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

good book of criminal law

This textbook is very clearly written and, contrary to a lot of others book, it is not just a series of cases, on efollowing the others. It provides a very good basis for a criminal law class.

WoW !!!!!

Great Book haven't got to that class yet but I reviewed it and it is great!!!!

A good criminal law casebook

This was my casebook for 1st year Criminal Law. It is a good casebook, and does a good job of summarizing the law in addition to a decent job of editing the cases. I would strongly recommend purchasing Understanding Criminal Law by Dressler in addition to this book.