Criminal Law: A Contemporary Approach (Aspen Casebook)

This refreshing new alternative for the first-year Criminal Law course is a lively coursebook that blends text, statutes, cases, and problems in a presentation that is user-friendly for both students and instructors.These distinctive characteristics make Criminal Law: A Contemporary Approach both effective and engaging: shorter length and with a rich and diverse mix of materials that promotes intellectual challenge without sacrificing accessibility the authors treat criminal law as an introduction to both statutes and cases and emphasize statutes as a primary source, with explicit treatment of statutory drafting and interpretation issues goes beyond the traditional focus on the judiciary to also examine the role of the legislature and the executive in defining offenses clear, direct text introduces statutes, cases, and problems the materials support a wide array of teaching techniques to address varied student learning styles within each section, the authors introduce the basics and then the materials grow progressively more challenging includes both modern and classic criminal cases includes material on ethics and highlights criminal law perspectives