More than most other books about the criminal law, this presentation focuses on "Learning Criminal Law as Advocacy Argument." In each criminal-law topic, it presents in building-block form the limited repertoire of core issues and related arguments so that you can concentrate on learning and practicing those that your professor has stressed in class, in her materials, and on her old exams. You can know the issues on the exam before you go into the exam room.In each criminal-law topic there is a limited repertoire of core issues that must be identified and then resolved with advocacy argument. This pattern of issues and arguments arises from embedded and recurring factual patterns and the resulting criminal law performance of prosecutors, defense lawyers, and trial and appellate judges over decades and even centuries. Your professor presents only some of the core issues and related arguments from these repertoires in her course and on her criminal-law exam. Thus, you can systematically learn the set of core issues and arguments in each topic presented by your and know the issues before you go into the exam room. The exam then presents no surprises.What do you mean by resolving the core issues "with advocacy argument?"Identifying the core issues from your professor?s course is the first critical task. The second critical task is resolving these issues with advocacy argument. Advocacy argument is the lawyer?s single-minded marshalling of the relevant facts and doctrine that are necessary to resolve the identified issues in favor of either the prosecution or defense. This book helps you with both tasks: identifying the exam issues and resolving them.

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Criminal Law by Worrall and Moore offers a fresh take on the field of criminal law. This contemporary text follows a modular format, allowing instructors the flexibility to teach the full text or pick and choose modules to suit their courses. The text covers mainstream forms of criminal activity and also includes the most recent hot-button issues, such as cyberterrorism, sexting, the “castle doctrine,” “make my day” laws, and more.

Finally, there is a Criminal Law study aid that teachers can recommend to their students with complete confidence: Singer and LaFond's CRIMINAL LAW: Examples and Explanations . Carefully designed to facilitate effective study, and written in a crisp, clear style, this book takes a practical three-step approach: Thorough descriptions explore and explain the concepts under consideration Examples give students an opportunity to test their comprehension by applying the law to contemporary fact patterns Explanations help them measure their mastery of the material and provide suggested answers and feedback Engaging student interest through stimulating hypotheticals, Singer and LaFond make their sophisticated analysis of criminal law not just painless, but actually fun to read. Both comprehensive and contemporary, CRIMINAL LAW: Examples and Explanations, covers provocative and timely subjects in eight major areas: the purposes of punishment Actus Reus and Mens Rea homicide causation inchoate crimes: solicitation and attempt group criminality: conspiracy and complicity rape defenses and excuses

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This contemporary text is part of Pearson’s groundbreaking “Justice Series,” and takes a fresh look at criminal law while maintaining a real-world focus. Criminal Law is part of the groundbreaking new series in which best-selling authors and designers have come together focused on one goal - to improve student performance across the criminal justice curriculum. This text maintains a brief format, yet offers a comprehensive introduction to criminal law. The book presupposes no legal expertise, connects criminal law cases to the real world through innovative pedagogy, carefully examines the logic behind high-profile court decisions, and encourages students, through numerous decision making exercises, to be critical thinkers by putting them in the position of the judge, jury, prosecutor or defense attorney.

This book is designed to be easy to use and to produce rewarding and insightful classroom discussion. The focus is on teachability, rather than encyclopedic coverage of the field. The book includes modern cases that reflect the current state of the law and older cases that help students understand and evaluate the modern approach. The book contains numerous hypotheticals designed to stimulate and encourage thought and discussion. The authors have also included materials to help students develop practice skills.

The book titled "Criminal Law" gives summarized and precise information about Crime and Criminal Law. The first part of the book is a brief introduction about the Criminal Law in India. The Indian Penal Code,1860 has been covered in the second part of this book. The third part of this book contains The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has been dealt in fourth part of this book. This book is a humble endeavour to provide all the information about all the sections of three Acts such as Indian Penal Code,1860; The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and The Indian evidence Act, 1872. This book covers the syllabus of one of the papers of PCS(Judicial) of various states of India. This book shall be useful to judicial aspirants, law students of LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D.(Law) as well as to ordinary people who want basic information about criminal law.