Criminal Procedure - Hardcover

Zalman, Marvin; Siegel, Larry J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0314202226 ISBN 13: 9780314202222

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Upper-level criminal procedure text uses a conceptual approach that focuses on the social, political, and historical evolution of criminal procedure. Unique case and comment format achieves a sophisticated blend of edited cases and explanatory text. Substantial edited case excerpts and dissenting opinions give students an appreciation of the judicial philosophy behind decisions. Law in Society sections show how laws and legal institutions function in todays society. Justices of the Court sections profile Supreme Court Justices and humanize the legal process by showing how the law has been shaped by people with strong ideas about the nature of the American constitutional system.

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Using a blend of text and edited cases, "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 6/e "provides up-to-date coverage of constitutional criminal procedure. Important cases are highlighted using a case and comment approach-complete with analysis, justice quotes, and dissenting opinions. This edition includes 25 important new Supreme Court cases and 70 new citations to Supreme Court decisions. Each chapter is updated to reflect the most recent criminal procedure and new legal puzzles appear in every chapter. With an emphasis on law and society, it provides essential information about the law of constitutional criminal procedure, its social, political, and historical contexts, and the most meaningful Supreme Court cases.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0314202226
• ISBN 13: 9780314202222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 792