Jerold H. Israel

Wayne R. LaFave

Intended for use by law students of criminal procedure. It is a succinct analysis of the constitutional standards of major current significance. This is not a text on criminal procedure, but rather about constitutional criminal procedure. It avoids describing the non-constitutional standards applied in each state and federally. The text provides the scope and highlights you need to excel in understanding this field. This will enable you to answer exam questions more quickly and accurately, and enhance your skills as an attorney.

Constitutional Limitations in a Nutshell

Criminal Procedure

Nancy J. King

Principles of Criminal Procedure: Post-Investigation examines the more formal part of the criminal process, from bail to post-conviction review. Among the topics covered are right to counsel; the charging decision; preliminary hearing and grand jury review; the location, scope and timing of the prosecution; pleading and discovery; guilty pleas; jury trial; pretrial publicity; the trial; double jeopardy; and sentencing.

Post-investigation

Principles of Criminal Procedure

This book is an updated abridgement of LaFave and Scott's two volume, Substantive criminal law, in West's criminal practice series.

Criminal Law

"Major emphasis is placed on the basic premises of criminal law, including its sources and general limitations. This Hornbook provides detailed discussion on the topics of responsibility, justification and excuse, inchoate crimes, accomplice, and liability. Attention is also given to subjects such as causation, insanity, and conspiracy."--Publisher's website.

An updated abridgement of LaFave, Israel, and King's six volume, second edition 'Criminal procedure' in West's criminal practice series.

A Treatise on the Fourth Amendment

Search and Seizure

Professor LaFave interprets and applies the Fourth Amendment in diverse factual situations for developing more effective arguments of search and seizure issues in plea bargaining, trial, and appeal phases of a criminal case. Expert discussion covers the exclusionary rule and other remedies, protected areas and interests, probable cause, and search warrants. This work also addresses search and seizure of persons and personal effects, entry and search of premises, search and seizure of vehicles, and consent searches. Explores stop and frisk and similar lesser intrusions, along with inspections and regulatory searches. Also examines the administration of the exclusionary rule.

Wayne R. LaFave

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