Product Description
Written by a recognizable and well respected authority in the criminal law field, this Black Letter follows in the tradition of Professor Dressler’s casebook and treatise, in terms of coverage, organization, and easy-to-read style. Black Letter Outline on Criminal Law mirrors the coverage of the most commonly used casebooks, and even more clearly mirrors the coverage of most professors in their classrooms. Most of the Black letter focuses on the so-called “gener… More >>
If you are using Dressler’s Casebook, this is definitely a must have. It is overly simplistic and well organized in explaining the black letter law while incorporating helpful examples and case descriptions.
I recently completed my Crim Law course and this helped immensely as a supplement to the reading as it really spells out the substantive law and provides much needed clarification on the subject in VERY simple and easy reading! I have tried hornbooks or supplements that had even more confusing language than the casebook. If you are looking for an outline that could probably be understood by a high school student, then look no further.
If you are using a casebook other than Dressler’s I could imagine this book being helpful however it may not highlight what your professor focuses on. If you are using Dressler’s casebook, then there is no better supplement then his own outline. I would recommend this hands down as it proved invaluable to me come time for finals!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have Professor Dressler for Criminal Law right now and I find this book to be an excellent supplement to his other texts. Understanding Criminal Law and the CasebookUnderstanding Criminal Law There is the link for his treatise (Understanding Criminal Law). Anyways, the book is an extremely quick read and serves as a nice way to sum up sections without outlining yourself.
Rating: 5 / 5
Very useful book! Helps a lot in outlining the Criminal Law, which theory based can be confusing.
Rating: 5 / 5
as others have said the author wrote his textbook w/ parts missing just so that you would have to buy this supplement to fill them in. It’s like a an entire book outline!
Rating: 5 / 5
My Crim Prof. didn’t do a great job of imparting the ideas in Dressler’s casebook. Our TA recommended this gem, she was absolutely right. Dressler breaks down the main ideas of his casebook into a tight concise version and a more in depth version. I recommend this only if you have the Dressler casebook. It might be helpful with other casebooks, but this is my recommendation and I’m recommending it for students that have his casebook, on my honor.
Rating: 5 / 5