Criminal Law *(Book)
Clear and easy to understand, Joel Samaha's best-selling text helps you apply criminal law's enduring foundations and principles to fascinating, current court cases and specific crimes. With a blend of case excerpts and author commentary, the author guides you as you sharpen your critical thinking and legal analysis skills. As you progress through the book, you'll learn about the general principles of criminal liability and its defenses, as well as the elements of crimes against persons, property, society, and the state. You'll also see these principles at work in the cases and crimes that illustrate them. Featuring the latest topics and court cases, real-world illustrations, and study tools to maximize your course success (including MindTap), CRIMINAL LAW, 12th Edition will serve as a valuable reference long after you graduate. In fact, former users report that this is the only book they keep, and those who go on to law school say that it helps them in their criminal law course. Read more
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Why Must Read Criminal Law?
I ended up dropping the course that used this book as it's sole teaching material because I couldn't trust whether the material was accurate. Some of the mistakes were careless, others were a blatant misrepresentation of a law. Example: page 121 cites a case study in which the Arizona Supreme Court reversed a conviction. However, as I read through the details of the case, I learned that the crime took place in Arkansas. I looked up Arkansas vs. the defendant's last name and sure enough, the conviction was reversed by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Careless mistake but if that case were referenced on a test, it leads to a wrong answer. On page 159-160, the textbook (through a hypothetical situation using real laws), states that it is illegal for anyone to bring more than $10,000 into the United States. Completely wrong. Bringing more than $10,000 into the US without DECLARING it is illegal. HUGE difference. It's like saying driving a car is illegal when in fact it is illegal to drive a car without a proper license. The price of this textbook fluctuates between $200 and $130 (new), for that price, it better be accurate. Considering that law is based on 'technicalities', then this book should be technically correct.
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