The distinguished author team of William J. Stuntz and Joseph L. Hoffmann has written an innovative new casebook that moves the study of criminal law out of the classic law and philosophy framework "Why do we punish?" and into the real world "How is criminal law interpreted and applied in today's criminal justice system?". The entirely new perspective of Defining Crimes reflects the essential nature of the problems and issues that affect criminal cases every day. This groundbreaking casebook offers: <ul>
<li> A focus on institutional relationships that places criminal law in the context of the complex relationships among the key institutions: legislatures, prosecutors, police, judges, and juries that share responsibility for defining and applying criminal law. </li> <li> A balanced treatment of the Model Penal Code and the common law, presenting the advantages and disadvantages of the MPC and the common-law approach that it sought to replace. </li> <li> Broader coverage of drug crimes and "low-level" crimes used for social control that reflects the real world of criminal law and also allows for the introduction of some of the general concepts of criminal law;such as conspiracy and complicity in the specific context where they are most frequently applied. </li> <li> Discussion of federal criminal law, such as the Hobbs Act and mail and wire fraud. The federal criminal law's jurisdictional elements, strict liability for at least some regulatory offenses, and requirements of factual and legal knowledge for others, raise interesting issues not often discussed in most criminal law casebooks. </li> <li> Coverage of sentencing, including sentencing discretion, guideline sentencing, "three-strikes" laws, and victim restitution, that demonstrates that the line between crime and punishment is largely arbitrary and subject to legislative manipulation. </li> <li> Contemporary cases, most decided since 2000 and many after 2005. The chestnuts are not eliminated, but the primary focus on modern cases provides a rich and challenging set of materials ripped straight from today's headlines;that shows how American criminal law continues to evolve in today's world. </li> </ul>

Defining Crimes (Aspen Casebook Series)

Stuntz, William J.

Hoffman, Joseph L.

Aspen Law & Business

Allen, Ronald Jay, Hoffman, Joseph L., Livingston, Debra A., Stuntz, William J.

Comprehensive Criminial Procedure

Allen, Ronald Jay

Livingston, Debra A.

Criminal Law

ASPEN PUB.

Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Right to Counsel, Second Edition, is derived from the successful casebook Comprehensive Criminal Procedure and is designed for a short survey course or a traditional investigation course. Like the parent book, it covers investigation using a thematic approach and offers an appropriate balance of explanatory text and secondary material with well-written notes. The Second Edition of this sophisticated book adds new co-author, Andrew Leipold, one of the nation's leading criminal procedure scholars, who brings a wealth of knowledge and teaching experience to the new edition. Written by an outstanding author team, this casebook offers: <ul>
<li> A manageable, accessible format. </li> <li> Thematic organization, structured around important main themes: <ul>
<li> Real-world implications of alternative regulatory regimes </li> <li> The power of legislatures to indirectly eliminate procedural rights through changes in substantive criminal law </li> <li> Modern law of criminal procedure as a direct consequence of the effort to end racial discrimination in the United States </li> <li> The impact of limited resources </li> </ul>
</li> <li> Sound grounding in the criminal process and the right to council. </li> <li> Thorough coverage of <ul>
<li> Boyd v. United State 
</li> <li> The Fourth Amendment </li> <li> The Fifth Amendment </li> <li> Investigating Complex Crimes </li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
 New to the Second Edition: <ul>
<li> Updated throughout. </li> <li> Substantial revision of Chapter 3, Right to Counsel, fully incorporating recent and important developments in the areas of ineffective assistance and self-representation, and improving both content and organization of cases and notes throughout the chapter. </li> <li> Reworking of Chapter 6, the Fifth Amendment, taking into account Supreme Court's recent line of Miranda decisions, as well as the recent dismantling of Michigan v. Jackson doctrine regarding the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. </li> </ul>

Criminal Procedure: Investigation and the Right to Counsel (Aspen Casebook)

Leipold, Andrew D.

The well-known authors of the successful casebook Comprehensive Criminal Procedure present Criminal Procedure: Adjudication, which they have designed for the criminal procedure course focused on trial and post-trial. Andrew Leipold, one of the nation's leading criminal procedure scholars, joins the author team, contributing to the wide range of backgrounds and expertise that accounts for the intellectual depth and sophistication of their books. Features of this contemporary casebook include: <ul>
<li> Thematic approach to the adjudication, highlighting: <ul>
<li> the key institutional relationships (and occasional conflicts) between courts, legislatures, prosecutors, and juries that affect the handling of cases within the criminal justice system, as seen most notably in such areas as charging decisions, plea bargaining, and sentencing law and policy; and </li> <li> the latent (but perhaps inherent) tension between lay participation in criminal cases (i.e., the jury) and the core criminal justice values of accurate and unbiased adjudication. </li> </ul>
</li> <li> Recent and important developments in the areas of ineffective assistance and self-representation. </li> <li> Discussion of the Supreme Court's recent line of Miranda decisions, as well as the recent dismantling of Michigan v. Jackson doctrine regarding the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. </li> <li> Discussion of pretrial screening and the grand jury. </li> <li> In-depth coverage of the scope of the prosecution, including venue, as well as speedy trial, joinder, and severance. </li> <li> Up-to-the-minute treatment of the Crawford doctrine, covering the scope and meaning of the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him. </li> <li> Completely new and comprehensive coverage of the Apprendi-Blakely-Booker doctrine, reflecting both the legal and the practical consequences of applying the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial to sentencing factors. </li> </ul>

Criminal Procedure: Adjudication and Right to Counsel

Comprehensive Criminal Procedure : 2015 Case Supplement

Comprehensive Criminal Procedure

Legal Education

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

Low and Hoffman’s casebook provides detailed information federal criminal law. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.

Low and Hoffman Federal Criminal Law (University Casebook Series®)

Low, Peter, W.

Foundation Press

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