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Teaching Prison Law, Sharon Dolovich
Teaching Prison Law, Sharon Dolovich
Sharon Dolovich
To judge from the curriculum at most American law schools, the criminal justice process starts with the investigation of a crime and ends with a determination of guilt. But for many if not most defendants, the period from arrest to verdict (or plea) is only a preamble to an extended period under state control. It is during the administration of punishment that the state’s criminal justice power is at its zenith, and at this point that the laws constraining the exercise of that power become most crucial. Yet it is precisely at this point that the curriculum in most law …
Broader Social Context As A Lens For Learning: Teaching Criminal Law, Alex Steel, Melanie Schwartz
Broader Social Context As A Lens For Learning: Teaching Criminal Law, Alex Steel, Melanie Schwartz
Alex Steel
This chapter considers how best to teach criminal law in broader social contexts and beyond a focus on positivist doctrinal accounts. It provides examples of how broader social science research could be included within a criminal law curriculum.