{"product_id":"first-year-course-in-criminal-law-daniel-b-yeager-9781543803235","title":"A First-Year Course in Criminal Law: Trials, Appeals, Theories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe approach of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA First-Year Course in Criminal Law: Trials, Appeals, Theories, Third Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e focuses students on preparing to discuss a single case per lecture. The author's philosophy is \"Teach one case a day and do it well.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo help students understand the big picture as well as the details, the organization strives for unification rather than departmentalization. Rather than treat crimes and defenses as \"tubs on their own bottoms,\" the defenses within the crimes are presented. In other words, the book brings out that crime occurs only in the absence of fully or partially successful exculpatory pleas. Although homicide is the crime that organizes the book, the elements and scope of other crimes are presented within the context of the law of homicide. Comprehension of assault, burglary, kidnapping, mayhem, robbery, and rape is crucial to the cases used to present the law of felony murder. Those crimes are analyzed in the cases, questions, and notes sufficiently to provide students with competency in the grammar of those crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew to the Third Edition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMore patient explication of chapter introductions and sub-sections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReorganization of questions and notes to improve flow and avoid unintended redundancies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImproved internal cross-references Increased emphasis on the function of mental illness in the role of fear in homicide cases\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnhanced searchable citations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElaborated index Accounts for intervening changes in the law\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel B. Yeager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1543803237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781543803235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aspen Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Daniel B. Yeager","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44584076738815,"sku":"9781543803235","price":248.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c0c575d-0633-48b2-8d3d-1e7335af943b.jpg?v=1701885175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-year-course-in-criminal-law-daniel-b-yeager-9781543803235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}