The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis

THE GLANNON GUIDE TO CRIMINAL LAW: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis gives students an effective tool for exam preparation that instructors can recommend with confidence. Using the successful structure established by Joseph Glannon's THE GLANNON GUIDE TO CIVIL PROCEDURE, this comprehensive review book emphasizes learning legal concepts, rather than mastering testing techniques.For each topic, the author provides:a brief, clearly-written summaryone or two multiple-choice questions to test understandinga concise explanation of how to choose the correct answer that also serves as a review of course contentpractical tips on analyzing exam questionsEvery aspect of THE GLANNON GUIDE TO CRIMINAL LAW encourages comprehension:the multiple-choice questions are part of a complete review of Criminal Law, including common law and the Model Penal Codeintroductory discussions of law in the text prepare students to learn effectively from subsequent questionssuccinct explanations of both correct and incorrect answers help to clarify nuances in the lawmultiple-choice questions are sophisticated but fair, neither too difficult nor unrealistically straightforwardthe text is equally useful to all students, regardless of whether they will be tested by multiple-choice questions on their examsuser-friendly interactive approach is much more engaging than other exam preparation aidsin each chapter, a more sophisticated final question called the 'Closer' illustrates a more complicated problem in the areathe final chapter contains 15 'Closing Closer' questions to provide more practice and a helpful review of concepts in earlier chaptersvaluable exam-taking pointers within the substantive text show students what to expect at exam time and help them get readyLaurie L. Levenson is the author of 'The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis' with ISBN 9780735551015 and ISBN 0735551014.