COURSE TEXTBOOKS: The reading materials required for the class
consist of Joel Samaha, Criminal Procedure Casebook (Chicago:
West Publishing, 1996) and Silas Wasserstrom and Christie Snyder, A
Criminal Procedure Anthology (New York: The Anderson Publishing Group, 1996).
In writing these textbooks, the authors have concentrated on the struggle to interdict and
punish socially harmful behavior without sacrificing the procedural rights of the
individual. The Casebook uses excerpts from the written opinions of federal and
state courts to evaluate the issues, rationales, and significance of the major cases
defining the rights of the accused. The Anthology provides a more detailed analysis
of the underlying tension between crime control and due process by examining issues
ranging from police practices to post-conviction remedies. These textbooks go beyond
simply presenting general information about criminal procedure. They also explain how
justices reach different conclusions according to their own interpretations of the law
within the context of the case facts. Other recommended books include:
A. John Fred Decker, Revolution
to the Right: Criminal Procedure Jurisprudence During the Burger-Rehnquist Court Era (New
York: Garland Publishing. 1992).
B. Joseph D. Grano, Confessions,
Truth, and the Law of Self-Incrimination (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press,
1996).
C. Ronald Huff, Ayre
Rattner, and E. Sagarin, Convicted But Innocent: Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy
(London: Sage Publications, 1996).
D. Wayne R. LaFave
and Jerold Israel, Criminal Procedure: The Student Hornbook Series, 2nd ed. (St. Paul:
West Publishing Company, 1993).
E. J.W. Peltason, Corwin's and
Peltason's Understanding the Constitution, 13th ed. (San Antonio, Texas: Harcourt
Brace College Publishers, 1994).
F. Philip R. Tetu, Probable
Cause: Between the Law Enforcement Officer and the Magistrate (Springfield, Illinois:
Charles Thomas Publisher, 1995). |
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