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Lädt ... The Greatest Criminal Cases: Changing the Course of American Lawvon J. Michael Martinez
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Many constitutional protections that Americans take for granted today--the right to exclude illegally obtained evidence, the right to government-financed counsel, and the right to remain silent, among others--were not part of the original Bill of Rights, but were the result of criminal trials and judicial interpretations. The untold stories behind these cases reveal circumstances far more interesting than any legal dossier can evoke. Author J. Michael Martinez provides an introduction to the drama and intrigue behind 14 leading court cases in American law.--From publisher description. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This book, The Greatest Criminal Cases by J. Michael Martinez, does an outstanding job of showing the human side of the law. As the author mentions in the book, he had been teaching a class on legal proceedings and a number of students had terrible things to say about the class. This disappointed the author since he felt it was interesting to find out the stories behind the laws and not just Ancient Latin Phrases and other boring things.
The book doesn’t exactly begin at the beginning, so to speak, but rather in 1884, when a gentleman killed a man that had been sleeping with his wife. It deals with 19th Century Criminal procedure, in that the Supreme Court ruled that if you have a criminal offense, it is not necessary for a trial by a Grand jury. The case, Hurtado versus California, is the first one in the book, and one of many that I had never heard of. In fact, I think I had only heard of one case in this book, and that is because the result of that case leaks into popular culture. For instance, if you are a fan of CSI or Law & Order or any other television law drama, they probably read a person that they handcuff their ‘Miranda Rights.’ This is from a case that occurred in 1966, Miranda versus Arizona.
Beyond that one, the only other one I have heard of is Terry versus Ohio, and even then I didn’t know the particulars. So in a sense, all of the cases establish a precedent by which subsequent cases are to follow. The human element of the stories makes it more interesting than just some textbook on Law. Thus, I liked this book quite a bit. ( )