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Treatises & Practice Guides

This guide aggregates treatises, practice guides, and other secondary resources by topic.

See also page of Trial, Appeal, & Procedure.

Treatises

Constitutional Rights of the Accused by Joseph G. Cook
Available on Westlaw.
Criminal Constitutional Law by David S. Rudstein et al.
Available on Lexis. Search "Sources" for the title of the book.
Criminal Law Defenses by Paul H. Robinson
Call Number: KF 9240. R63 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 1984-date

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Westlaw.
Criminal Procedure by Wayne R. LaFave et al.
Call Number: KF 9619. L33 2007 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. 2007-date

Also available on Westlaw.
Federal Grand Jury: A Guide to Law and Practice by Susan W. Brenner & Lori E. Shaw
Call Number: KF 9642. B73 2006 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2006-date

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Westlaw.
Federal Habeas Corpus Practice and Procedure by Randy Hertz & James S. Liebman
Call Number: KF 9011. L54 2011 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 6th ed. 2011-date

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Lexis. Search "Sources" for the title of the book.
Grand Jury Law and Practice by Sara Sun Beale et al.
Call Number: KF 9642. B43 1997 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 2nd. ed. 1997-date

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Westlaw.
Orfield's Criminal Procedure Under the Federal Rules by Mark S. Rhodes
Available on Westlaw.
Search and Seizure: A Treatise on the Fourth Amendment by Wayne R. LaFave
Call Number: KF 9630. L26 2004

Publication Date: 4th ed. 2004-date

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Westlaw.
Searches and Seizures, Arrests and Confessions by Justin D. Franklin & Steven C. Bell
Publication Date: 2nd ed. 1979-date

Available on Westlaw.
Substantive Criminal Law by Wayne R. LaFave
Call Number: KF 9219. L33 2003 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2003

Also available on Westlaw.
The Law of Electronic Surveillance by James G. Carr & Patricia L. Bellia
Available on Westlaw.
Wharton's Criminal Law by Charles E. Torcia
Call Number: KF 9219. W43 1993 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 15th ed. 1993-date

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Westlaw.
White Collar Crime by Joel M. Androphy
Available on Westlaw.

Practice Guides

Appeals and Writs in Criminal Cases by Charles M. Bonneau; Sara H. Ruddy
Call Number: KFC1174 .F5 2007

ISBN: 9780762611997

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

Record contains link to CEB Onlaw
California Criminal Discovery
Call Number: KFC1160.5 .P56 2020

ISBN: 9781422421222

Publication Date: 2020

Available on Lexis. Search "Sources" for the title of the book.
California Criminal Law by by B.E. Witkin and Norman L. Epstein ; and the memebers of the Witkin Legal Institute.
Call Number: KFC1100 .W57 2000

Publication Date: 2012

Also available on Westlaw.
California Practice Guide: California Criminal Law by Laurie L. Levenson and Alex Ricciardulli
Call Number: KFC1100 .L35

Publication Date: 2011

Also available on Westlaw on the list of Rutter Group materials.
California Criminal Law: Procedure and Practice by California Continuing Education of the Bar
Call Number: KFC1155 .C343

Publication Date: 2012

Record contains link to CEB Onlaw
California Criminal Practice, Motions, Jury Instructions, and Sentencing
ISBN: 0314118993

Available on Westlaw.
California Drunk Driving Law
Call Number: KFC477 .K89 2004

Available on Bloomberg Law. Enter title of the book in the go bar to search.
California Subpoena Handbook
Call Number: KFC1040.5 .S56 1999

Also available on Westlaw.
Sex Crimes: California Law and Procedure
Available on Westlaw on the list of Rutter Group materials.

Other Secondary Resources

Overdrive
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Criminal Law by Wayne R. LaFave
Call Number: KF 9219. L1 2010

Publication Date: 5th ed. 2010

Also available on Westlaw.
Criminal Procedure by Wayne R. LaFave
Call Number: KF 9619. L34 2004

Publication Date: 5th ed. 2009

2007 edition on 4th Floor under call number KF 9619. L33 2007. Also available on Westlaw.
Criminal Procedure by Wayne LaFave; Jerold Israel; Nancy King; Orin Kerr
Publication Date: 2016

Link to Overdrive ebook copy.
Federal Sentencing Law and Practice by Thomas W. Hutchison et al.
Call Number: KF 9685.H87 (4th Floor)

Publication Date: 2012

Print updates suspended October 2015. Also available on Westlaw.

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