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Welcome to the website for Welch, Fuller: American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context.
American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context provides a complete picture of both the theory and day-to-day reality of criminal courts in the United States. The book explores how democratic processes affect criminal law, the documents that define law, the organizational structure of courts at the federal and state levels, the overlapping authority of the appeals process, and the effect of legal processes such as precedent, jurisdiction, and the underlying philosophies of various types of courts. By focusing on the tension between the law and the actors inside of it, this book demonstrates how the courts are a product of “law in action” and presents content in a way that enables you to understand not only the “how” of the U.S. criminal court system, but also the “why.”
This site provides the following resources for students:
- Self-Assessment Question Bank Enhance study sessions with the help of this online self-quizzing asset. Each question is presented in an interactive format that allows for immediate feedback. After answering each question, click “Submit” to see if you have answered correctly. Click here to access the question bank.
- Case Studies See topic-specific case studies designed to turn theory into practice. Each is followed by interactive scenario-based questions that allow for immediate feedback. Click on the downward arrow on the dark bar to go to a drop-down menu showing the 15 case studies available. Click here.
- Videos Watch helpful videos from the authors explaining and clarifying the important points of each chapter. Click here to access the videos. .