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The leader in its field and now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first publication, Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice is updated annually and includes all significant cases decided in the preceding Term of the Court. In her second year as co-editor, Professor Elizabeth Papp Kamali continues to embrace the editorial approach developed by the late Lloyd Weinreb over an impressive five decades as sole editor: cases are edited generously and presented in a simple, straightforward format, for use in courses on constitutional law and criminal justice. For the 2023 edition, citations that were unavailable for the previous edition have been supplied, small corrections have been made, and one case—Carpenter v. United States—has been expanded from a footnote to a full case in light of its frequent coverage in Criminal Procedure classes. The 2023 edition will be published in July and will be available for fall classes.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 07/13/2023

Lloyd L. Weinreb

Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Harvard University Law School

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For the 2023 edition, citations that were unavailable for the previous edition have been supplied, small corrections have been made, and one case—Carpenter v. United States—has been expanded from a footnote to a full case in light of its frequent coverage in Criminal Procedure classes.

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