Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (American Casebook Series) [Hardcover]

Joshua Dressler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003 | ISBN-10: 0314145605 | ISBN-13: 978-0314145604 | Edition: 3

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1050 pages
• Publisher: West Group; 3 edition (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0314145605
• ISBN-13: 978-0314145604
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,336,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Do support Dressler's income by buying his supplements, May 1, 2006

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withluckandlove (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (American Casebook Series) (Hardcover)

Do yourself a favor...if you are assigned this textbook go ahead and buy the Black Letter Outline series by Dressler even if you don't use it until closer to finals. It gives you what you need to know and simplifies things so that you don't have to search round and round for it in the textbook. It's unfortunate Dressler feels the need to sell his supplements and as a result has to make his textbook so crappy. And yes, it really IS that bad.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy a companion guide!, January 12, 2006

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N. Halvorson (Gonzaga) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (American Casebook Series) (Hardcover)

The text is not a good tool for 1Ls to learn crim law by itself. Most of my classmates and I found the text to be poorly organized and written - especially for those just trying to grasp the intricacies of crim law. Probably a better book for studying statutory interpretation or philosophy of crim law. Prepare to become intimate with the MPC if you are assigned this text. I highly recomend a companion book for the text, one keyed to it such as Blackletter outline by Dressler or the Understanding Crim Law companion by Dressler. I used both and they saved me from utter confusion.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless waste of time, money, and effort, August 11, 2006

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J. Ocampo (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (American Casebook Series) (Hardcover)

It is a shame that professors force their students to shell out big bucks to buy casebooks that don't help.

Even if you scored high on your LSAT and you have great reading comprehension, you will spend hours deciphering Dressler's philisophical babble. And when you finish your reading, you will realize that you retained little or nothing.

This is because Dressler does not clearly state the important concepts and conflicts of Criminal Law. He circumvents the important information that Criminal Law students need to know, and can only help to learn this information through inference. It's a glorified and expensive game of "hide the ball."

The overwhelming majority of students are confused by the book and the more successful students are those who avoid it entirely.

If you are forced to buy this book, I recommend reading only what is necessary to get by in class and learn Criminal Law through a hornbook, outline, or other method.