Chapter 1: Introduction to the Legal System of the United States Chapter 2: Introduction to Criminal Law Chapter 3: The Two Essential Elements Chapter 4: Crimes Against the Person Chapter 5: Crimes Against Property and Habitation Chapter 6: Crimes Against the Public Chapter 7: Parties and Inchoate Offenses Chapter 8: Factual and Statutory Defenses Chapter 9: Constitutional Defenses Chapter 10: Introduction and Participants Chapter 11: The Constitutional Aspects of Criminal Procedure Chapter 12: Searches, Seizures, and Arrests Chapter 13: Interrogation and Other Law Enforcement Practices Chapter 14: The Pretrial Process Chapter 15: Trial Chapter 16: Sentencing and Appeal APPENDIX A-The Constitution of the United States of America APPENDIX B-Selected Excerpts from the Model Penal Code

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Daniel E. Hall has practiced law in both the United States and Federated States of Micronesia. He is professor and chair of the department of justice and community studies at Miami University where he is also professor of political science and affiliate professor of Black World Studies. He also holds the position of visiting professor of law at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. For nine years, Professor Hall was a member of the faculty in the department of criminal justice and legal studies at the University of Central Florida. He also served as chair of the department of criminal justice at The University of Toledo. A widely respected authority on public law, Professor Hall is the author of 21 textbooks (including subsequent editions) and a dozen journal articles on public law subjects. He earned his bachelor's degree at Indiana University, his Juris Doctor at Washburn University, and his Doctor of Education (higher education curriculum and instruction) at the University of Central Florida.

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