This book, for use in connection with a course focused upon the formal part of the criminal process, covers counsel, bail, the charging decision, preliminary hearing and grand jury review, the prosecution's location and scope, speedy trial, pleading and discovery, guilty pleas, jury trial, pretrial publicity, the trial, double jeopardy, sentencing, appeal, and collateral attack. All sections in the book are cross-referenced to comparable sections of the authors' seven-volume Criminal Procedure treatise containing more detailed analysis and citations to additional supporting authorities.
"This book gives you everything you need to know about basic criminal procedure principles, presented in a no-nonsense fashion.
This major reference work identifies and crystallizes the common rules and principles underlying international criminal procedure, as developed by international courts and tribunals since the Second World War.
This text examines the more formal part of the criminal process, from bail to post-conviction review. Among the topics covered are right to counsel; the charging decision; preliminary hearing and...
In the first part, the book gives a succinct summary of the ideal procedure should the law be strictly complied with and the (political and economic) challenges in the administration of the criminal justice.
This extremely practical introduction to criminal law examines specific crimes, the rules of criminal responsibility, and criminology in general. It discusses controversial and exciting issues and how they relate to...
Paul Robinson's brilliant synthesis of social science research and legal reasoning analyzes the competing principles of punishment and proposes a single principle to govern the distribution of criminal liability and punishment.
Principles of Criminal Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions
This book presents a short history and timeline of criminal procedure legislation in China.
The new Third Edition of Dressler & Thomas, Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies and Perspectives is available for spring 2007 adoption. It contains the very latest cases, including the Court's attempt...
This book reconceptualizes the basic foundations of the criminal procedure field.