Basic Criminal Procedure (American Casebook Series) | 
| Author: Yale A. Kamisar; Wayne R. Lafave; Jerold H. Israel; Nancy J. King
Publisher: West
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 94062
Media: Paperback
Edition: 11
Pages: 1285
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0314159606
Dewey Decimal Number: 345.7305
EAN: 9780314159601
ASIN: 0314159606
Publication Date: August 5, 2005
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Contains an overview of the criminal justice process, including the nature and scope of the Fourteenth Amendment. Also covers due process, retroactivity, the federal "supervisory power," and state rights protection. Touches on the right to counsel, transcripts, and other aids such as poverty, equality, and the adversary system. Includes reflections on the police, courts, and the criminal process. Provides insight into arrest, search and seizure, wiretapping, electronic eavesdropping, the use of secret agents to obtain incriminating statements, and the Fourth Amendment.
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Poorly Organized and Edited November 16, 2006
Scum and Villainy (United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am a law student, so I have read several law-related textbooks. This textbook is, by far, the most poorly organized course book I have had to endure. This is the time of year when law students everywhere are taking part in the old tradition of condensing their course notes into outlines that can be used to study for upcoming final exams. Converting the major points from this book into a coherent outline is grueling, because the textbook is "organized" in such a schizophrenic manner. At one point in the book, it basically admits to its own incomprehensible structure when it offers instructors and students the option of either continuing the book as put forth or following an "alternate" route that involves skipping ahead a few chapters, reading them out of order, and then returning. It's a law book, not a Choose Your Own Adventure story!
To compound the problem, the book includes volumes of material that either should have been cut out or at least paraphrased. For example, the book devotes considerable space to explaining the "standing" doctrine of the Fourth Amendment, yet glosses over subsequent cases that have substantially done away with the standing doctrine.
Worst criminal procedure text of all time! March 16, 2007
Gregory Tumolo (Hope, RI)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is, by far, the worst law text that I have ever had to endure. Not only are the major topics organized in a manner that defies all logical explanation, but the note cases are completely useless. I'm almost half-way through my criminal procedure course and have no idea what I need to know for the bar exam. I strongly suggest purchasing a supplement and/or alternative text in order to compensate for the many deficiencies of this book.
I would have given this book zero stars, if possible.
 Only buy it if you must May 12, 2007
K. J. SOUTHERN (Brookline, Massachusetts United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was a required book for my criminal procedure course in law school. I hate to say it, b/c I usually only write a positive review but this book is awful. It is terribly organized, and at times it was actually difficult to decipher what case I was actually reading. Obviously buy it if it's required for a course you are taking, otherwise, don't bother unless you enjoy being frustrated and confused.
Worst law textbook April 27, 2008
Paper Chaser (PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with the other reviewers. Not only are the note cases useless, but it felt like the book was written by some senile old man who forgot to put in important information so rather than editing the material, he added rambling footnotes... to nearly every page. Reading for law school is exhausting enough without having to wade through this horribly organized, incoherent excuse for a book.
Worst law school textbook I have ever seen May 13, 2008
J. Bednarz (Arlington, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with all the other reviewers here and it makes me feel a little bit better about myself. This book is the worst organized, rambling mess I have ever seen. There are cases referred to for one sentence on one page early in the book, which refer to another spot later in the book with another 3 sentences. I have never seen so many note cases either. Why couldn't the author simply provide a seminal case with a few notes afterward like every other well written text? Awful, terrible waste of money and I feel dumber every time I pick this text up.
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