Learning Criminal Law as Advocacy Argument: Complete with Exam Problems & Answers
- ISBN-10
- 0960851461
- ISBN-13
- 9780960851461
- Category
- Criminal law
- Pages
- 467
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Delaney Publications
- Author
- John Delaney
Description
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.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Criminal Law
By William Wilson"This is the seventh edition of this book. A number of interesting developments have occurred since the last edition.
-
Smith and Hogan's Criminal Law
By John Cyril Smith, Karl Laird, Brian Hogan127 For criticism, see N Cavanagh, 'Corporate Criminal Liability: An Assessment of the Models of Fault' (2011) 75 JCrim L 414. Although Cavanagh argues that this model is preferable to the other options, he suggests that it nevertheless ...
-
Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Criminal Law
By Karl Laird, David Ormerod134 For criticism, see N Cavanagh, 'Corporate Criminal Liability: An Assessment of the Models of Fault' (2011) 75 J Crim L 414. Although Cavanagh argues that this model is preferable to the other options, he suggests that it ...
-
Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Text, Cases, and Materials on Criminal Law
By Karl Laird, David OrmerodFURTHER READING Corporate liability C. Clarkson, 'Kicking Corporate Bodies and D. Bergman, The Case for Corporate Responsi- Damning their Souls' (1996)59 MLR557 bility (2000) J. Gobert, 'Corporate Criminality: Four N. Cavanagh, ...
-
Bourke's Criminal Law, Victoria
By John Peter Bourke, Victoria, Gerard NashBourke's Criminal Law, Victoria
-
Bourke's Criminal Law Victoria
Bourke's Criminal Law Victoria
-
Defining Federal Crimes
By William J. Stuntz, Daniel C. Richman, Kate StithParticularly since students' basic Criminal Law courses draw on penal laws from any number of jurisdictions, this book will be their first exposure to an actual criminal law system, in which each law-shaping institution can react to the ...
-
Guide to Criminal Law for Maryland
By Kelly A. KoermerSimilarly , Perkins and Boyce explain that " presence at the scene of an offense is not itself sufficient to constitute any sort of criminal guilt . Obviously a terrified onlooker is not to be punished for his mere misfortune in having ...
-
General Principles of Criminal Law
By Jerome Hall28 It is clear, e.g. from his reference to a "mere intention unevidenced by an observable act,"29 that he was interpreting "actus reus" as an act, resembling the narrow meaning of Austin and Holmes.30 Professor J. W. C. Turner adopted ...
-
Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement
By Norman Abrams, Sara S. Beale, Susan Riva KleinThe Sixth Edition is an entire reworking of this classic casebook. Beyond its traditional role in teaching a broad-gauge federal criminal law course, the book is well suited for use in white collar crime courses or seminars.