Criminal Litigation and Legal Issues in Criminal Procedure

Download or read book Criminal Litigation and Legal Issues in Criminal Procedure written by Brent E. Newton and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal Litigation & Legal Issues in Criminal Procedure is designed to incorporate the substantive law of criminal procedure into a trial advocacy course. The traditional trial advocacy course is concerned almost exclusively with "skills training" (e.g., learning techniques for cross-examining a witness), but does not incorporate much, if any, substantive law. Conversely, a traditional substantive course on criminal law or criminal procedure focuses exclusively on legal principles and doctrine, but does not involve training students in courtroom advocacy skills concerning substantive law. In Criminal Litigation & Legal Issues in Criminal Procedure, author Brent Newton merges elements from these two types of courses into one and seeks to bridge the gap between them.