Literary Criticisms of Law

In this book, the first to offer a comprehensive examination of the emerging study of law as literature, Guyora Binder and Robert Weisberg show that law is not only a scheme of social order, but also a process of creating meaning, and a crucial dimension of modern culture. They present lawyers as literary innovators, who creatively interpret legal authority, narrate disputed facts and hypothetical fictions, represent persons before the law, move audiences with artful rhetoric, and invent new legal forms and concepts. Binder and Weisberg explain the literary theories and methods increasingly applied to law, and they introduce and synthesize the work of over a hundred authors in the fields of law, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies. Drawing on these disparate bodies of scholarship, Binder and Weisberg analyze law as interpretation, narration, rhetoric, language, and culture, placing each of these approaches within the history of literary and legal thought. They sort the styles of analysis most likely to sharpen critical understanding from those that risk self-indulgent sentimentalism or sterile skepticism, and they endorse a broadly synthetic cultural criticism that views law as an arena for composing and contesting identity, status, and character. Such a cultural criticism would evaluate law not simply as a device for realizing rights and interests but also as the framework for a vibrant cultural life.

Literature & Fiction

Binder, Guyora

Weisberg, Robert

History & Criticism

Princeton University Press

In the first edition of "Creativity", Robert Weisberg offered an approach for organizing a broad range of phenomena, unified and fragmented psychological literature on creativity, and linked it with recent research on cognitive processes. Now, in "Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius" Weisberg has thoroughly revised and expanded this work into a wide-ranging investigation of the nature and development of creative thought. The new book offers an analysis of the relation of "ordinary" thinking to "creative" thinking, including computer modeling of thought, and an examination of the creative proccsses that led to important mechanical inventions, scientific discoveries and works of art. From the author's perspective, the creativity of the "genius" has its roots in the same thought processes that underlie everyday actions and ideas. An inquiry on the topic, "Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius" should be useful to students interested in creativity, critical reasoning, problem solving or cognition.

Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius

Self-Help

Creativity

W.H.Freeman & Company

&lt;p> In &lt;b>Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition&lt;/b>, interesting, well-edited cases and notes address contemporary cutting-edge issues, while vivid excerpts evoke the social, political, and criminological context of criminal law. &lt;/p> &lt;p> Features that have made this book distinctive through seven editions: &lt;/p> &lt;ul> &lt;li> &lt;b>exceptional authorship&lt;/b>&#8212;the late &lt;b>John Kaplan&lt;/b> was a legendary teacher and scholar, and &lt;b>Robert Weisberg&lt;/b> and &lt;b>Guyora Binder&lt;/b> continue to uphold his standard of excellence &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>an interdisciplinary approach&lt;/b> that fuels class discussion and enriches study &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>clear instruction on statutory construction&lt;/b> and element analysis &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>well-edited cases, dynamic materials, lucid explanations&lt;/b> and &lt;b> illuminating exercises&lt;/b> &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>a logical organization&lt;/b> that starts with the purposes and limits of punishment and proceeds through the elements of a criminal offense, homicide offenses, justification and excuse, and the rules of attribution &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>cutting-edge coverage&lt;/b> of controversial social and legal issues &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>in-depth treatment of the death penalty&lt;/b>, rape, and other forms of sexual assault &lt;/li> &lt;/ul> &lt;p> The exciting &lt;b>Seventh Edition&lt;/b> heralds a cavalcade of Supreme Court decisions: &lt;/p> &lt;ul> &lt;li> a special section on &lt;i>&lt;b>Blakely v. Washington&lt;/b>&lt;/i> and &lt;i>&lt;b>Booker v. United States&lt;/b>&lt;/i>&#8212;how the Supreme Court&#8217;s new Sixth Amendment jurisprudence has effected sentencing laws &lt;/li> &lt;li> new cases deciding on cutting-edge issues, including: &lt;ul> &lt;li> &lt;b>crimes of passion&lt;/b>&#8212;the location and duration of constructive possession &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>the mental elements of offenses&lt;/b>&#8212;arising out statutes criminalizing material support for foreign terrorist organizations &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>accomplice liability for felony murder&lt;/b> (&lt;i>People v. Cavitt&lt;/i>) &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>the death penalty&lt;/b> (&lt;i>Kansas v. Marsh&lt;/i> and &lt;i>Roper v. Simmons&lt;/i>) &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>reasonable self-defense standards&lt;/b> for subcommunities with distinctive cultures (&lt;i>Dixon v. United States&lt;/i>) &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>a defendant&#8217;s due process rights to an insanity defense &lt;/b>(&lt;i>Clark v. Arizon&lt;/i>) &lt;/li> &lt;li> &lt;b>obstruction of justice laws in the corporate context &lt;/b>(&lt;i>United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP&lt;/i>) &lt;/li> &lt;/ul> &lt;/li> &lt;/ul> &lt;p> Offering both the &lt;b>Model Penal Code &lt;/b>and &lt;b>common-law doctrine&lt;/b> in an &lt;b> interdisciplinary approach&lt;/b>, &lt;b>Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition&lt;/b>, fuels class discussion and enriches your course. &lt;/p> &lt;p> &lt;/p> &lt;p> &lt;/p> &lt;p> &lt;/p>

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Casebook)

Kaplan, John

Criminal Law

Panel Pub

In Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, interesting, well-edited cases and notes address contemporary cutting-edge issues, while vivid excerpts evoke the social, political, and criminological context of criminal law. Features that have made this book distinctive through seven editions: <ul>
<li> exceptional authorship—the late John Kaplan was a legendary teacher and scholar, and Robert Weisberg and Guyora Binder continue to uphold his standard of excellence </li> <li> an interdisciplinary approach that fuels class discussion and enriches study </li> <li> clear instruction on statutory construction and element analysis </li> <li> well-edited cases, dynamic materials, lucid explanations and illuminating exercises </li> <li> a logical organization that starts with the purposes and limits of punishment and proceeds through the elements of a criminal offense, homicide offenses, justification and excuse, and the rules of attribution </li> <li> cutting-edge coverage of controversial social and legal issues </li> <li> in-depth treatment of the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault </li> </ul>
 The exciting Seventh Edition heralds a cavalcade of Supreme Court decisions: <ul>
<li> a special section on Blakely v. Washington and Booker v. United States—how the Supreme Court’s new Sixth Amendment jurisprudence has effected sentencing laws </li> <li> new cases deciding on cutting-edge issues, including: <ul>
<li> crimes of passion—the location and duration of constructive possession </li> <li> the mental elements of offenses—arising out statutes criminalizing material support for foreign terrorist organizations </li> <li> accomplice liability for felony murder (People v. Cavitt) </li> <li> the death penalty (Kansas v. Marsh and Roper v. Simmons) </li> <li> reasonable self-defense standards for subcommunities with distinctive cultures (Dixon v. United States) </li> <li> a defendant’s due process rights to an insanity defense (Clark v. Arizon) </li> <li> obstruction of justice laws in the corporate context (United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP) </li> </ul>
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 Offering both the Model Penal Code and common-law doctrine in an interdisciplinary approach, Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, fuels class discussion and enriches your course.

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials

Aspen Law & Business

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: <ul>
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Strong authorship <ul>
<li>The late John Kaplan, a storied teacher and scholar</li> <li>Weisberg and Binder, noted scholars in criminal law</li> </ul>
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Interdisciplinary approach <ul>
<li>fuels class discussion</li> <li>enriches study</li> </ul>
</li> <li>Well-edited cases, interesting materials, and clear notes</li> <li>
Logical organization <ul>
<li>six categories</li> <li>address the purposes and limits of punishment</li> <li>cover the meaning and types of crime</li> </ul>
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Cutting-edge issues of the law and important social questions , such as who and why we punish</li> <li>
Strong coverage of the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault</li> </ul>
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 &amp; 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.

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook Series)

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

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, Eighth Edition is written by a well-respected authorship team that provides comprehensive examination of criminal law under both the Model Penal Code and common law. Interspersed with thoughtful excerpts that provide social, political, and criminological background the black letter law, this casebook focuses on an interdisciplinary approach that provides a useful starting point for classroom discussion. The eighth edition has been updated to provide coverage of recent changes in the law, especially in the areas of sentencing and the Eighth Amendment, and includes notes and questions, making the book more useful for exam preparation. Features: <ul>
<li>Improvements in the Teacher’s Manual designed to make casebook accessible and useful for new professors</li> <li>Updated to provide coverage of recent changes in the law, especially in the areas of sentencing and the Eighth Amendment</li> <li>Updated notes and questions making book more useful for exam preparation</li> </ul>
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 &amp; 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.

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook)

Legal Education

Aspen Opco Llc

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. This looseleaf version of the Connected Casebook does not come with a binder. Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Eighth Edition, is written by a well-respected authorship team that provides comprehensive examination of criminal law under both the Model Penal Code and common law. Interspersed with thoughtful excerpts that provide social, political, and criminological background the black letter law, this casebook focuses on an interdisciplinary approach that provides a useful starting point for classroom discussion. The eighth edition has been updated to provide coverage of recent changes in the law, especially in the areas of sentencing and the Eighth Amendment, and includes notes and questions, making the book more useful for exam preparation. Features: <ul>
<li>Improvements in the Teacher’s Manual designed to make casebook accessible and useful for new professors</li> <li>Updated to provide coverage of recent changes in the law, especially in the areas of sentencing and the Eighth Amendment</li> <li>Updated notes and questions making book more useful for exam preparation</li> </ul>
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 &amp; 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.

Binder, Distinguished Professor Hodgson Russ Faculty Scholar Vice Dean for Research and Faculty Development Guyora

Aspen Publishers

This book serves as a comprehensive treatment of the main financial and public malfeasance crimes associated with the subject of white-collar crime. In student-friendly form, it teaches the operations of the major federal statutes in this area while unifying them according to the dominant cross-cutting themes of the nature of corruption and the types of harms to society, government, the legal system, and the market that justify the severity of these laws. It draws on case material not just from the Supreme Court but also from the lower federal courts where the hard work of implementing confessional mandates occurs. In such areas as Securities Fraud, it also covers the agency regulations that play an implementing role. Thus, it offers students rich exercises in statutory interpretation as well as case analysis. Highlights of the First Edition: <ul> <li>Materials on perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice that are extremely timely in light of political controversies that reach back to the Nixon and Clinton administrations and are still relevant today</li> <li>Careful elaboration of the different crimes of bribery, including bribery of federal officials under 18 U.S.C. section 201, bribery of state and local officials under the Mail and Wire Fraud laws and federal program bribery law, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</li> <li>Concise treatment of criminal Securities Fraud and Insider trading for students who have not otherwise studied Securities Regulation</li> <li>Extended treatment of the major mens rea issues in white-collar crime, as an advanced version of the subject of mens rea in the standard first-year Criminal Law course, with emphasis on such important doctrines as "deliberate ignorance" and the mental state of "corruptly."</li> </ul> Professors and students will benefit from: <ul> <li>Concisely edited case excerpts in very readable form.</li> <li>Handy Appendix with texts of all major statutes covered in the book.</li> <li>Short provocative notes raising questions of jurisprudence and social philosophy around problems of overcriminalization and the meaning of the concept of "corruption."</li> <li>Concise non-technical material on&nbsp;cybercrime to show how modem technology raises themes of corruption similar to those of more conditional crimes.</li> </ul>

White Collar Crime: [Connected eBook with Study Center] (Aspen Casebook)

Mills, David

This collection of case stories illustrates the balance, continuity, and evolution in substantive criminal law doctrine in light of the social and political contexts in which those doctrines are perennially tested. These stories focus on the pre-litigation behavior of defendants, raising important moral and cultural questions about human nature and human society and how social norms get translated into workable legal doctrines. They survey the typical variety of doctrines addressed in a standard criminal law course, elucidating the classic themes of common law jurisprudence.

Criminal Law Stories

Coker, Donna

Foundation Press

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Literary Criticisms of Law

Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Casebook)

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook Series)

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook)

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook)

White Collar Crime: [Connected eBook with Study Center] (Aspen Casebook)

Criminal Law Stories