Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure: The Constitution and the Police

by Robert M. Bloom

Concise and well—written, this second edition of Robert Bloom and Mark Brodin's successful paperback guide provides students with a clear roadmap to understanding Criminal Procedure, and serves as the perfect companion to your casebook.

The Second Edition is coherently organized to parallel the coverage of most Criminal Procedure courses, and begins with a short overview of Criminal Procedure, followed by chapters on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth amendments. A useful appendix reviews and relates major concepts.

Students understand far more than case—by—case decisions through:

charts and diagrams that illustrate major concepts

chapter overviews that contain accessible summaries of the controlling law

progressively difficult examples that challenge students to apply basic concepts to hypothetical situations

explanations that help students review the material and reinforce their understanding.

This Second Edition includes:

expanded introductory material on state constitutional protection

a new section on entrapment

new problems and material to reflect all the latest developments.

Genres: Law

432 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1992

Reviews

[Anne Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a law text, which I purchased in order to more thoroughly understand criminal procedure as part of research for a series of books I'm currently writing. I found it thorough and informative, as well as well-written. About my only objection to the book concerns the form in which the examples and explanations were presented. I feel it would be clearer to the reader if each example was given individually, followed immediately by the explanation. As examples often had marked similarities to other examples given, with one or more differing by subtle nuances, I feel I would have derived more from them if the examples had not been presented collectively, followed by the explanations likewise given collectively.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lifesaver!

[Virg]

Total beach read.

[Marcus Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

This isn't the best exam prep on the market, but it does explain the concepts clearly. my biggest quip is that it is sometimes too quick and loose with the law and the examples are too easy.