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Honing your understanding of concepts, and your ability to apply the rules, John Kip Cornwell presents a comprehensive, thoughtful review of course content that shows you how to effectively analyze and answer exam questions.
Features:
- Multiple-choice questions, pitched at a level similar to that of many law school exams, that are integral to a thorough review of Criminal Procedure topics
- A user-friendly and interactive approach, including text introducing the key cases and concepts that enable a full understanding of subsequent questions and mastery of the material they test
- Clear analysis of both correct and incorrect answers, that clarifies nuances in the law
- A challenging final question, (the “Closer”), at the end of each chapter, that combines all topics introduced in the chapter in a sophisticated, thought-provoking fact pattern
- Summary questions in the final chapter, (“Closing Closers”), that cut across multiple concepts to provide a final review of critical cases and concepts necessary to success on your criminal procedure exam
- Valuable exam-taking pointers, applicable to every type of question, interspersed within the text
- Excellent preparation for the Bar exam, by one of the nation’s leading Bar-exam lecturers in criminal law and procedure
New to this Edition:
- Comprehensive coverage of criminal procedure case law decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in its last three terms
- Additional “Closing Closers” to fine tune understanding across criminal procedure cases and concepts
- Enhanced treatment of the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement
- Additional analysis of stop-and-frisk, based on recent case law
- Expanded treatment of the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement
