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Using plenty of examples, public policy perspectives, and references to actual cases, this text features: Chapter Opening Vignette: Each chapter will be introduced by a vignette based on an actual case relating to the subject-matter of the chapter. Learning objectives which will be articulated at the beginning of each chapter. The applicable Federal Rules of Evidence, which will be reprinted and discussed throughout the text. These rules will be contrasted with previous approaches and the different approaches of various state codes will be noted. You Decide: The chapters will include three or four scenarios based on actual cases Discussion boxes: An ""Evidence in the News"" feature and an ""Evidence and Public Policy"" feature will be included in each chapter. Tables, diagrams, and excerpts from trial transcripts Each chapter will conclude with an edited legal case (""Case Analysis"") that covers a challenging issue relating to the material covered in the chapter). Contemporary examples and issues, such as technology and scientific evidence and ""false confessions"" and current coverage of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment issues .

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Matthew Lippman is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and has taught criminal law and criminal procedure in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice for more than thirty years. He has also taught courses on civil liberties, law and society, and terrorism and teaches international criminal law at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He earned a doctorate in Political Science from Northwestern University, a Master of Law from Harvard Law School, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He has been voted by the graduating seniors at UIC to receive the Silver Circle Award for outstanding teaching on six separate occasions and has also received the UIC Flame Award from the University of Illinois Alumni Association, as well as the Excellence in Teaching Award, Teaching Recognition (Portfolio) Award, and Honors College Fellow of the Year Award. The university chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the criminal justice honors society, named him ""criminal justice professor of the year"" on three occasions. In 2008, he was recognized as College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master Teacher. He was honored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which named him Commencement Marshal at the May 2012 graduation. Professor Lippman is also recognized in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. Professor Lippman is author of one hundred articles and author or co-author of two books. These publications focus on criminal law and criminal procedure, international human rights, and comparative law. He also is author of five other Sage volumes, Contemporary Criminal Law Concepts, Cases, and Controversies (4th ed. 2016) Criminal Procedure (3nd ed. 2017), Essential Criminal Law (2nd ed. 2017), Law and Society (2015) and Criminal Evidence (2016). His work is cited in hundreds of academic publications and by domestic and international courts and organizations. He has also served on legal teams appearing before the International Court of Justice in the Hague, has testified as an expert witness on international law before numerous state and federal courts, and has consulted with both private organizations and branches of the U.S. government. Professor Lippman regularly appears as a radio and television commentator and is frequently quoted in leading newspapers. He served in every major administrative position in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice including Department Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies and Director of Graduate Studies.

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