Representing the Accused
Representing the Accused

Author: Jill Paperno

Publisher: Aspatore Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780314285294

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Whether you are a law clinic student making your first foray into criminal defense, a newly admitted attorney, a general practitioner, or an attorney whose practice is concentrated in criminal defense, Representing the Accused will provide you with invaluable advice as you navigate your way through a criminal case. Authored by an experienced criminal defense attorney in a large public defenders office who has personally handled thousands of criminal cases, supervised representation in thousands more, and trained scores of attorneys, this book provides insight and guidance on how to efficiently and effectively manage each step in the handling of a criminal case. In order to help you provide quality representation to your clients, this publication offers clear explanations of a criminal attorneys role at every stage, from the arrest through the conclusion of the case.

The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law

Author: Nathaniel Burney

Publisher: Jones McClure

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781598391831

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"Based on his popular Illustrated Guide to Law webcomic series, Nathaniel Burney debunks all of the popular myths about criminal law that get repeated on street corners, in locker rooms, and on websites every day -- all of them wrong. He teaches everything you never learned about the law. Not just what the law is, but why it's like that and how it works. The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law is a complete law school course that keeps the laughter in manslaughter. You start with the absolute basics (what is crime?) and are soon deep in complex concepts like conspiracy, self-defense, and yes, entrapment -- all explained with clarity, humor, and passion"--From publisher's description.

Glannon Guide to Criminal Law
Glannon Guide to Criminal Law

Author: Laurie L. Levenson

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454894216

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Law school classroom lectures can leave you with a lot of questions. Glannon Guides can help you better understand your classroom lecture with straightforward explanations of tough concepts with hypos that help you understand their application. The Glannon Guide is your proven partner throughout the semester when you need a supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. Here’s why you need to use Glannon Guides to help you better understand what is being taught in the classroom: It mirrors the classroom experience by teaching through explanation, interspersed with hypotheticals to illustrate application. Both correct and incorrect answers are explained; you learn why a solution does or does not work. Glannon Guides provide straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes material stick.

Raw Law
Raw Law

Author: Muhammad Ibn Bashir

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-02-15

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1451617127

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The first book of legal advice for the hip hop generation, Covering areas ranging from how to secure the best public defender to what to do when driving DWB, this is a step-by-step guide to the criminal system for those who need it most written by a criminal defense attorney who knows this world from the inside out. A counterpoint to the Law and Order justice the public sees and believes in. This is the real criminal justice system, as told from someone inside, someone fights it ever day. This is not a manual for how to get off, how to be a better criminal. It is proof that the system will eat you up and spit you out if you dare to become involved or think you can beat it. Raw Law authoritatively addresses the legal issues faced by the hip hop generation, and offers a simple guide on how to avoid certain situations and how to learn and respond to others. Here readers will learn the truths and untruths of the justice system and how they can protect themselves from the worst of it. But most of all, they will learn how to follow the first rule of the criminal justice system: AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS.

How Criminal Law Works
How Criminal Law Works

Author: Samuel H. Pillsbury

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13:

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How Criminal Law Works provides a conceptual guide to the law by introducing the reader to the special terminology, methods and traditions that inform criminal law. It pays special attention to the language of criminal law and its challenges. Designed to be highly readable, the book plainly defines all critical terms and makes no assumptions about prior knowledge of terms or concepts. The text features multiple examples setting out realistic situations which illustrate legal analysis. The book also serves as a practical guide to law by relating the law as written to the realities of law as it is often applied. Sidebars supply related discussions of particular problems or practical dilemmas. From start to finish the author integrates criminal law theory, doctrine, and practice. The book is divided into five parts: Basic Structure and Principles, Act and Mens Rea, Crimes of Violence (homicide and rape), Inchoate Liability (attempt, accomplice and conspiracy), and Defenses (insanity, self-defense, intoxication).

A Short & Happy Guide to Criminal Law
A Short & Happy Guide to Criminal Law

Author: Joseph E. Kennedy

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780314287618

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This book leaves newcomers to criminal law with what they need most: key concepts they can remember! Too many criminal law guides bury the novice in detailed rules when nine times out of ten mastery of the fundamental concepts is the key to success on the exam or in practice. Remembering these concepts is made easier by a "forest before the trees" organization and the use of quirky, often funny examples that stick the concepts to the reader's memory. Bonus chapters offer valuable tips for students on how to succeed in the study of the law. You'll laugh and learn.

Criminal Law Study Guide
Criminal Law Study Guide

Author: Bianca M. Mueller

Publisher:

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 9781927227473

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CRIMINAL LAW STUDY GUIDE provides a set of structured and organised outlines of all main offences and defenses under the Crimes Act 1961. The outlines provide a concise but comprehensive overview of the requirements of the main offences and defenses. Relevant definitions, applicable legal tests and common problems are directly incorporated into the outlines.

Guide to South Carolina Criminal Law and Procedure
Guide to South Carolina Criminal Law and Procedure

Author: Patricia S. Watson

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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A user-friendly introduction to the Palmetto State's criminal justice system A handy reference for students, police officers, and concerned citizens, the Guide to South Carolina Criminal Law and Procedure, Fifth Edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the state's criminal justice system, including legislative changes enacted during the 1995-96 session. Patricia Seets Watson and William Shepard McAninch identify the functions of the police, prosecution, defense, and the Department of Corrections; define the jurisdiction and sentencing options of various courts; and discuss the procedures involved in processing a case from start to finish.

A Guide to Criminal Law
A Guide to Criminal Law

Author: Peter Robertson

Publisher: Straightforward co Ltd

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781847161475

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This is a guide to the legal system and the area of criminal law as it affects people in a day-to-day capacity. The book covers relevant areas of the criminal justice system and is designed for those people who either wish to understand more about the legal system or wish to know more about a specific area of law.