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Criminal Law
by: Joel Samaha |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 345.73 EAN: 9780534547202 Edition: 6th ISBN: 0534547206 Label: Wadsworth Publishing Company Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 624 Publication Date: July 17, 1998 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Studio: Wadsworth Publishing Company
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  - Criminal Law TextbookIt was the textbook we ordered. it was required for a class and it arrived quickly. Rating: - Criminal LawI thought this book was very useful in the study of Criminal Law at the undergraduate level. I enjoyed the author's selection of cases and thought that they were edited well so that they remained readable. Rating:  - I never got that book,very fast but i never got the book, and refund Rating:  - Excellent TextAs one of Professor Samaha's students, I found that using this particular text in corrolation with his lectures was extremely benefical in learning the basics of criminal law. His personal insight on the case studies undoubtedly aided in understanding the material, but I suspect that the text would not have stuck me as such an outstanding book had Professor Samaha not been there to add additional information on each aspect of his work. However, even without the personal commentary, the text is still a very clear and concise resource that would be excellent for an introductory course on criminal law. Rating:  - Disappointment: I'm dumping this for another titleThe text itself is barely adequate for an undergraduate level class (I wouldn't consider it for graduate study). At first I was excited by the addition of the "case method" technique for presenting criminal theory, but after struggling with the poorly edited cases I find myself actually skipping them. The explanations and examples used in this book do meet minimal standards, but don't expect much more than that. It's almost as if the author were too busy with other projects to actually put together a quality product. To make matters worse the support material provided to professors is horrible. I'm not normally a big "test bank" type of instructor, but one of the selling points to this book was the extensive library of material available. Sadly, this is once again proof that quantity does not always equal quality. The test bank is full of very poorly worded questions. What's worse is that many of the questions have answers which contradict the book. In other words, the test key and the book do not agree....END |
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