Understanding Criminal Law
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| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Clear Introduction for Anyone Interested in Criminal Law
For some reason it's very hard to find books on the law specifically directed toward non-lawyers. This is odd since the law is an important instutition which should be simple enough (and usually is) for anyone to understand it. Since there are so...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 26, 2006 Type: User Review |
Average Criminal Law outline - but a useful tool to help encrypt Dressler's failure of a textbook
The book itself is not really that great. Some law students might think it is a good outline because they haven't seen the other outlines that are out on the market. In reality, you would be better off with an Emanuel or Gilbert criminal law...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 12, 2005 Type: User Review |
A good gloss on Dressler's casebook
This book isn't going to change anyone's life, but it is well written. It's also the perfect complement to Dressler's casebook, providing much more indepth analysis and notes than the casebook. As grizzled vets of past law school exams will tell...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 18, 2005 Type: User Review |
Wonderful review book
This book explains all of the basic concepts of criminal law in a clear, intelligent manner. His explanations were so clear that I could easily incorporate them into my outline, even though the guide was not keyed into the assigned casebook. I...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 08, 2003 Type: User Review |
Keyed to DRESSLER Casebook - Good treatise
DRESSLER is heavy in political correctness and Model Penal Code and is also anti - Common Law tradition, and anti-anything to do with moral principles - hence the recurring theme of "Legality". However, if you can get past all that - & if you are...
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3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 17, 2000 Type: User Review |
Excellent Supplement
I completely agree with the reviews below: this is a thorough and infintely readable supplement for any student of criminal law OR for the interested layperson. It was especially useful for my studies because I had the pleasure of being...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 28, 2000 Type: User Review |
A Helpful Learning Tool
As a first year law student, I found this book to be a valuable companion to class lectures and other homework assignments, providing clarification, elaboration and insight into this complex and rich subject. If you have not yet had the privilege...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 21, 1999 Type: User Review |
Excellent supplement to any criminal law casebook
This book does an excellent job of going through the rationales, policies, and histories of the different aspects of criminal law. It includes summeries of the Model Penal Code view on all topics and compares this with the common law and...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 12, 1997 Type: User Review |
A fine discussion of the essentials of criminal law.
Among legal study guides, this book is superior. The author clearly lays out the principles and discusses all the important facets of each area very clearly. The book is textual (so if you are looking for a study guide and prefer outlines, look...
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5.00/5 |
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