CJ423 Criminal Procedure
The study of constitutional criminal procedure is the study of U.S. Supreme Court decisions and opinions. This course is designed primarily as a supplementary course for undergraduate and graduate students taking a criminal procedure course whose main interest consists of U.S. Supreme Court cases. Reading law cases-a daunting task even for first-year law students-is a significant intellectual challenge for non-law students, especially if the criminal procedure class is their first law course. This course provides a guide to the U.S. Supreme Court cases that students are likely to encounter in a criminal procedure course. The decisions are stated succinctly and with enough basic reasoning to grasp the direction of the decision-making process. There are many benefits to the case method approach in which students read original source material. Such benefits include gaining in-depth knowledge of the reasoning process by which constitutional rules are formulated, a sharpening of critical thinking skills through the analysis of the justices' written opinions, and improving students' reading comprehension levels and writing skills.
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