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In Criminal Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, interesting, well-edited cases and notes address contemporary cutting-edge issues, while vivid excerpts evoke the social, political, and criminological context of criminal law. Features that have made this book distinctive through seven editions: exceptional authorship—the late John Kaplan was a legendary teacher and scholar, and Robert Weisberg and Guyora Binder continue to uphold his standard of excellence an interdisciplinary approach that fuels class discussion and enriches study clear instruction on statutory construction and element analysis well-edited cases, dynamic materials, lucid explanations and illuminating exercises a logical organization that starts with the purposes and limits of punishment and proceeds through the elements of a criminal offense, homicide offenses, justification and excuse, and the rules of attribution cutting-edge coverage of controversial social and legal issues in-depth treatment of the death penalty, rape, and other forms of sexual assault The exciting Seventh Edition heralds a cavalcade of Supreme Court decisions: a special section on Blakely v. Washington and Booker v. United States—how the Supreme Court’s new Sixth Amendment jurisprudence has effected sentencing laws new cases deciding on cutting-edge issues, including: crimes of passion—the location and duration of constructive possession the mental elements of offenses—arising out statutes criminalizing mate