Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Seventh Edition - John Kaplan

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials has long been respected for its distinguished authorship. The late John Kaplan's extraordinary work continues with the scholarship of Robert Weisberg and Guyora Binder. Their renowned interdisciplinary approach fuels class discussion as it enriches study. Logically organized into six categories, the text addresses the purposes and limits of punishment and considers the meaning and types of crime. Well-edited cases, interesting materials, and clear notes combine with cutting-edge issues and important social questions, such as who and why we punish. Especially strong are the discussions on the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault as well as sentencing proportionality, possession crimes, and felony murder.

The Seventh Edition features updated material and cases throughout the text.

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About the Author

Guyora Binder, Professor of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is the author of "Treaty Conflict and Political Contradiction" and a coauthor of "Criminal Law." Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr., Professor of Law at Stanford University, is a coauthor of "Criminal Law."

GUYORA BINDER, Professor of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is a graduate of Princeton University and the Yale Law School. Formerly Dana Fellow in Comparative Jurisprudence and Law Clerk to Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Binder has written on jurisprudence and comparative legal history for the University of Chicago Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, the Buffalo Law Review and Reviews in American History.