Criminal Law and Its Processes: Cases and Materials by Sanford H. Kadish

Now in its Eighth Edition, CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS PROCESSES: Cases and Materials maintains great success as the longtime leading book in Criminal Law. In addition to a highly respected and renowned authorship, this scholarly gem is distinguished by the intellectual integrity of its thematic framework, its teachability and the wealth and depth of its content. In addition to focusing on basic principles, analytical problems enhance student learning by testing their thought process, applications and interactions in context. This edition preserves the outstanding qualities that have earned it distinguished success: a highly respected authorship--(Kadish, Schulhofer, and new co-author Steiker comprised of nationally recognized and renowned scholars cohesive intellectual framework¿ by viewing the law both as a system for apportioning blame in accordance with moral norms and as an instrument of social control, it provides an analytical tool with which students can interpret and understand doctrine a cases-and-notes pedagogy with excerpted materials, questions, and problems a focus on developing an understanding of principles and rules applicable to all crimes, rather than the detailed and disjointed elements of many particular crimes Read more