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Criminal Procedure: Investigation and the Right to Counsel (Coursebook)

by Ronald Jay Allen

Criminal Procedure: Investigation and the Right to Counsel (Coursebook) Cover

ISBN13: 9780735551930
ISBN10: 0735551936
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

Comprehensive and current, the casebook addresses:

- policing materials

- due process and the right to counsel

- prosecutorial charging decisions

- grand juries

- plea bargaining and sentencing, topics often overlooked in other books but crucial to an understanding of criminal procedure

Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Right to Counsel gives both students and instructors what they need:

- detailed coverage of the Fourth Amendment

- excellent cases, selected and edited to portray the key issues

- outstanding authorship from a team of recognized leaders who blend a wide range of backgrounds and expertise

- law and society approach, grounded in empirical research and the true impact of court decisions

- thoughtful, thematic organization

- well-written notes that challenge students to think about the ideas and questions raised

- appropriate balance of explanatory text and secondary material,

Book News Annotation:

This volume contains the first seven chapters of Comprehensive Criminal Procedure, Second Edition, 2005. Some material has been updated to address the effects of the "War on Terror" for criminal procedure doctrine. Following an introduction to the criminal justice system and the concept of due process is a detailed examination of the right to counsel. Other topics include discussions of Boyd v. United States and the protections guaranteed in the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. The volume concludes with a study of the problems posed by complex crimes.
Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780735551930
Subtitle:
Investigation and Right to Counsel
Author:
Allen, Ronald Jay
Author:
Livingston, Debra A.
Author:
Livingston, Debra
Author:
Allen, Ronald J.
Author:
Hoffmann, Joseph L.
Author:
Hoffmann, Joseph
Publisher:
Aspen Publishers
Subject:
Criminal justice, administration of
Subject:
Criminal investigation
Subject:
Criminal Law - General
Subject:
Criminal Procedure
Subject:
Criminal investigation -- United States.
Series:
Coursebook
Publication Date:
March 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
1089
Dimensions:
10.01x7.04x1.52 in. 2.95 lbs.

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