Criminal Procedure

<p><b>Erwin Chemerinsky</b> and <b>Laurie L. Levenson</b> bring to this casebook a wealth of experience as practicing attorneys, law professors, and authors. Written in the approachable style that characterizes Chemerinsky’s <i> Constitutional Law</i> casebook, <b>Criminal Procedure</b> guides students to an understanding of the law through tightly edited cases and a dynamic and innovative pedagogy. </p><p><b>Criminal Procedure offers</b>: </p><ul><li><b>eloquent and substantive writing</b> that draws on deep wells of experience and scholarship </li><li> a <b>dynamic and innovative pedagogy</b> that includes tightly edited cases, author-written essays, legal pleadings that argue the issues, and the perspectives of prosecutors, defense counsel, judges, police, and victims </li><li> a <b>chronological organization</b> that walks the student through the criminal justice process, from the investigation to habeas corpus </li><li> a <b>consistently systematic treatment</b> of topics in every chapter: <ul><li> an introduction to the underpinning issues of the law </li><li> discussion of the history and development of the law in response to those issues </li><li> examples of recent or seminal cases that have shaped the law </li><li> analysis of the success or failure of the law to adequately remedy the issue that gave rise to its inception </li></ul></li></ul><ul><li> Supreme Court cases through October Term 2006, along with many familiar chestnuts </li><li> a detailed Teacher’s Manual that includes questions and answers for classroom discussion </li><li> a complete teaching package that includes PowerPoint slides, a DVD that presents the facts and backgrounds of several key cases, and a website </li></ul><p> Dynamic and innovative, <b>Criminal Procedure</b> shows—through clear and succinct text, tightly edited cases, legal pleadings, and the perspectives of participants and players—a complete picture of the criminal procedure system. </p><p> An author website to support classroom instruction using this title is available at <a href="http://www.aspenlawschool.com/chemerinsky_levenson" target="_blank"> http://www.aspenlawschool.com/chemerinsky_levenson</a></p><p></p><p></p>