American Criminal Law Its People Principles and Evolution | Criminology & Criminal Justice

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This coursebook offers an exciting new approach to teaching criminal law to graduate and undergraduate students and indeed to the general public. Each well-organized and student-friendly chapter offers historical context tells the story of a principal historic case provides a modern case that contrasts with the historic explains the legal issue at the heart of both cases includes a unique mapping feature describing the range of positions on the issue among the states today examines a key policy question on the topic and provides an aftermath that reports the final chapter to the historic and modern case stories. By embedding sophisticated legal doctrine and analysis in real-world storytelli…