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Criminal Law: Cases and Materials

About the Book

In Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, interesting, well-edited cases and notes address contemporary cutting-edge issues, while vivid excerpts evoke the social, political, and criminological context of criminal law.

Features that have made this a distinctive book:

• exceptional authorship--the late John Kaplan was a legendary teacher and scholar, and Robert Weisberg and Guyora Binder continue to uphold his standard of excellence
• an interdisciplinary approach that fuels class discussion and enriches study
• clear instructions on statutory construction and element analysis
• well-edited cases, dynamic materials, lucid explanations and illuminating exercises
• a logical organization that starts with the purposes and limits of punishment and proceeds through the elements of a criminal offense, homicide offenses, justification and excuse, and the rules of attribution
• cutting-edge coverage of controversial social and legal issues
• in-depth treatment of the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault

The exciting Sixth Edition heralds a cavalcade of Supreme Court decisions:

• a special section on Blakely v. Washington and Booker v. United States--how the Supreme Court's new Sixth Amendment jurisprudence has effected sentencing law
• new cases deciding on cutting-edge issues, including: 
  *crimes of passion--the location and duration of constructive possession 
  *the mental elements of offenses--arising out of statutes criminalizing material support for foreign terrorist organizations
  *accomplice liability for felony murder (People v. Cavitt)
  *the death penalty (Kansas v. Marsh and Roper v. Simmons) 
  *reasonable self-defense standards for subcommunities with distinctive cultures (Dixon v. United States)
  *a defendant's due process rights to an insanity defense (Clark v. Arizona)
  *obstruction of justice laws in the corporate context (United States v. Arthur Anderson LLP)