This new version of a classic text allows professors to assign problems in advance for preparation with case material. To prepare answers for the problems, students must synthesize case material from the entire assignment and frequently incorporate material from earlier assignments. In reviewing the problems in class, the teacher has a greater opportunity to develop rigorous case analysis than the traditional case method affords. The problems challenge the students to apply evolving criminal procedure principles and the nuances of existing case law.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Coursebook
Publication Date: 09/10/2018

Joseph D. Grano

Leslie W. Abramson, University of Louisville School of Law

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This title is available in our CasebookPlus format. CasebookPlus provides support beyond your classroom lectures and materials by offering additional digital resources to you and your students. Anchored by faculty-authored formative self-assessments keyed to our most popular casebooks, CasebookPlus allows students to test their understanding of core concepts as they are learning them in class – on their own, outside of the classroom, with no extra work on your part. CasebookPlus combines three important elements:

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Students can still utilize CasebookPlus digital resources if they’ve purchased a used book or are renting their text by purchasing the Learning Library at westacademic.com.

With CasebookPlus, you can customize your students’ learning experience and monitor their performance. The quiz editor allows you to create your own custom quiz set, suppress specific quiz questions or quiz sets, and time-release quiz questions. Additionally, the flexible, customized reporting capability helps you evaluate your students’ understanding of the material and can also help your school demonstrate compliance with the new ABA Assessment and Learning Outcomes standards.

While there are many new lower court cases reflecting application of new Supreme Court principles, there are even more additions scattered throughout the manual to update the relevance of the principle to concepts such as technological advances.

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