Criminal Law (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )

Samaha (criminal law, University of Minnesota) stresses both the general principles that apply to all of criminal law and the specific elements of particular crimes, in this text/CD-ROM package for undergraduates. Case excerpts are tailored to teach students the principles, doctrines, and rules of criminal law with an eye toward policy rather than the technical knowledge needed by lawyers. This eighth edition features new cases, a new chapter on crimes against the state, and new material on identity theft. Chapter summaries are now in detailed outline form. The CD-ROM contains interactive summaries, assignments, flash cards, and the text of the US Constitution and the First, Eighth, and 14th Amendments. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Joel Samaha is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, The Supreme Court and the Constitution, and 'Is there a Wartime Exception to the Bill of Rights'?-a special joint Sociology/History Department topics course. He received his B.A., J.D., and Ph.D. from Northwestern University and studied under the late Sir Geoffrey Elton at Cambridge University, England. Professor Samaha was admitted to the Illinois Bar, briefly practiced law in Chicago, and then taught at UCLA. In 1971, he joined the University of Minnesota, where he served as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies for four years, taught both television and radio courses in criminal justice, co-taught a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar in legal and constitutional history, and was named Distinguished Teacher in 1974. A proven author, Professor Samaha's works have appeared in HISTORICAL JOURNAL, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY, MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW, WILLIAM MITCHELL LAW REVIEW, and JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY.