Legal Research Guides by Course - Criminal Law and Procedure

Course Description

This course will examine judicial and legislative concepts regarding criminal law and procedure. Students will study substantive offenses and criminal law enforcement in order to clarify the meaning of criminal responsibility. In addition, students will be acquainted with concepts and concerns underlying constitutional criminal procedure. (4 credits) Required Course

Faculty Who Teach This Course

Bruce Ledewitz (Professor of Law)
Joseph S. Mistick (Associate Professor of Law)
Wesley Oliver (Associate Professor of Law)
John T. Rago (Assistant Professor of Law)

Subject Presently Covered in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF9201-KF9827 Criminal Law
KFP561-KFP598 Pennsylvania Criminal Law
Legal Periodicals in Print Collection

Legal Research Databases

BNA Online
Bloomberg Law
CVN - Video Training Library
Heinonline
Legal Scholarship Network
PA Legislative Bureau Capital Tool Box
SmartLitigator
Lexis

Moore's Federal Practice: Criminal (Legal tab > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender > By Area of Law > Criminal Law

CALI - Criminal Law - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/1l-first-year-lesson-topics/criminal-law
CALI - Criminal Procedure - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/criminal-procedure
LoisLaw - Treatises - General Litigation Library
Criminal Law Resources (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/09criminal/index.html
Criminal Procedure (Findlaw) - http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/
Criminal Law - Guide to Penal Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/crime.html
Criminal Law (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/criminal_law
Criminal Procedure (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/criminal_procedure
Criminal Law (Virtual Chase) - http://virtualchase.justia.com/wiki/criminal-law
Criminal Law Articles and Criminal Information and Links (AllLaw) - http://www.alllaw.com/topics/criminal
Pennsylvania Criminal Laws (FindLaw) - http://statelaws.findlaw.com/pennsylvania-law/pennsylvania-criminal-laws/
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency - http://www.pccd.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pccd_home/5226
CrimProf Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/
Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Blog - http://www.pennsylvania-criminal-defense.com/blog/
Pittsburgh Criminal Law Blog - http://www.pittsburghcriminaldefensefirm.com/

DCLI Webpage Links

Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, federal and state case law)
Legal Research Guides: Criminal Law