Criminal Procedure: Investigation

<p> Combining first-hand knowledge of the criminal procedure system with stellar constitutional law scholarship, Levenson and Chemerinsky now offer a free-standing and student-friendly casebook that focuses on the investigation phase of criminal procedure. </p> <p> <b>Written in the eminently articulate style that characterizes Chemerinsky’s Constitutional Law casebook, <i>Criminal Procedure: Investigation</i> offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>straightforward essays</b> by the authors that illuminate principal and minor cases </li> <li> <b>a first-chapter overview of criminal procedure</b> that looks at <ul> <li> the roles of the participant </li> <li> the progression of a case through the system </li> <li> key procedural rules and governing principles </li> <li> the Incorporation Doctrine </li> <li> the test for determining when new procedural rules should be applied retroactively </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>a consistent and systematic chapter structure that</b> <ul> <li> introduces the topic </li> <li> discusses the history and development of the law </li> <li> cites examples from recent cases where the key issues have been raised </li> <li> offers an analytic critique of ;the resolution of the issue </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>chronologically organized chapter topics</b> that mirror the sequential ordering of the investigation process </li> <li> <b>samples of legal pleadings</b> that exemplify attorneys’ actual arguments </li> <li> <b>a panoramic perspective on practice </b>as conveyed through the eyes of prosecutors, defense counsel, judges, police, and victims </li> <li> <b>Supreme Court cases from the 2006-2007 term </b> </li> <li> <b>a detailed Teacher’s Manual</b> that offers questions and answers to support teaching and fuel class discussion </li> <li> <b>an expanded teaching package</b> that includes <b>PowerPoint slides</b>, a <b> DVD</b> that presents the facts and backgrounds of several key cases, and an <b> author website </b> </li> </ul> <p> Sure, it is a pleasure to teach and to read, but you could decide to adopt it simply for the wealth of experience and expertise that <b>Chemerinsky</b> and <b> Levenson</b> bring to their subject. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>