Criminal Law: Model Problems and Outstanding Answers
"Learning the law is easy.  Understanding the facts is easy.  Applying the law to the facts is not so easy.  Here at last is the best tool out there for helping students and teachers bridge the gap between law and fact.  Each chapter begins with a summary of the common law and the Model Penal Code pitched at just the right level of detail.  Next comes a wonderfully crafted hypothetical and sample answer showing students the fine art of applying law to fact.  Helpful charts, summaries, and tips abound.  The authors have done students--and their teachers--a great service."--Stephen P. Garvey, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School"This is the textbook I suspect students are searching for: a sophisticated but not overlong summary of those parts of criminal law actually taught in first-year law courses, with an in-depth demonstration of how that law is to be applied, through a series of brilliantly conceived problems and fully developed answers. Learning to apply the law is what most professors see as their essential but challenging mission to impart. Professors should welcome the assistance this book offers them--rather than replacing what they do in class, it makes it that much more likely that they will be teaching students not merely how to recite the law, but to use it."--Leo Katz, Frank Carano Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School