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Part of the unique, time-tested <i>Examples & Explanations</i> series, <b> Examples & Explanations: Criminal Law, Fourth Edition</b> combines textual material with well-written and comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions to test students' understanding of the material and provide practice in applying information to fact patterns. Utilizing well-known cases, this brief text is an ideal supplemental source for your Criminal Law course. Additionally, the questions, which call upon a variety of issues in one fact pattern, mirror those that students will face on a law school or bar examination, affording them valuable practice. <p class="copymedium"> <b>Many great features maintain the reliability of this text:</b> </p> <ul> <li class="copymedium"> utilizes current, well-known cases, some of which have not made the appellate courts or even gone to litigation, to make the material current and easily applicable </li> <li class="copymedium"> includes explanations that provide analysis of both prosecution and defense arguments, offering a pedagogical approach that provides valuable exam-writing skills for students </li> <li class="copymedium"> remains highly readable and accessible, often incorporating popular culture and humor to spark interest in students </li> <li class="copymedium"> comes highly recommended by Atticus Falcon, author of Planet Law School, an orientation guide for students beginning law school </li> <li class="copymedium"> offers a straightforward presentation through clear, introductory text that enables students to understand and apply principles </li> <li class="copymedium"> incorporates visual aids, in the form of graphs, charts and other illustrations, to demonstrate legal standards and concepts </li> </ul> <p class="copymedium"> <b>Updated to reflect recent developments in the news and case law since the Third Edition was published, including:</b> </p> <ul> <li class="copymedium"> more coverage of new excuses, such as Prozac, Serotonin, Testosterone, etc. </li> <li class="copymedium"> examples and explanations based on prescription drug-induced sleepwalking, death caused by abuse of time-release pain-killing patches, and void for vagueness challenges to laws limiting where sex offenders can live or travel </li> <li class="copymedium"> Florida self-defense and right-to-carry laws </li> <li class="copymedium"> recent Supreme Court cases on the insanity defense (<i>Arizona v. Clark</i>) and duress (<i>Dixon v. United States</i>) </li> <li class="copymedium"> recent Supreme Court case on mental competency </li> <li> over 50 new examples, including materials on <ul> <li> steroid rage </li> <li> the Zoloft (Prozac) defense </li> <li> terrorism statutes and prosecutions </li> <li> the San Francisco dog maul case </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Rating:
A++ would highly recommend!
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Book brand new, perfect condition. Took a little bit longer than expected to receive, but overall great experience. Would definitely buy from seller again.
Very Helpful
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The E&E series is very helpful in prepping for exams. The summaries and charts make great aids in outlining. Debating the hypos on my own and with my study group really helped. Most exams are essay responses to hypotheticals, so the book prepares you well.
E&E lover--hated it
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I own all of the E&Es from the classes I have taken so far and find them all useful, except this one.
I felt like this author tried too hard to prove how tricky and smart he was. A lot of the examples gave "gotcha!" explanations that most professors would never require students to know. I would have preferred questions that required me to go through the elements in a more normal way and look for broader problems in the fact patterns, not weird exceptions.
Overall, this book made me paranoid looking for hidden issues that weren't in my professor's problems. Luckily I realized this before my final and was able to find other practice problems/answers that actually helped me.
Great study aid
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I found Examples and Explanations a great supplement. It clearly explained key concepts and ideas. My one complaint is that the actual "examples and explanations" were rather abstract and I was disappointed with the lack of questions that specifically dealt with applying the Model Penal Code.
Crim Law explained thoroughly
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I bought this book because of the reviews that says how helpful it is to law students as they prepare for final exams. I believe it's reputation precedes itself. I just bought this book two months ago and had my boyfriend send it to me to the Philippines. I haven't finished reading it yet. That would be almost impossible. But with every page I read, I understand a little bit more about Criminal Law to prep me for law school.
I bought an older edition, and I already think it's good. Probably the newer edition is better.
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