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"One of the best-selling casebooks of all time, this work provides materials that afford maximum freedom to teachers shaping a course in light of their own priorites and interests. Editors have sought to enrich the case material throughout with editors' notes and questions or with extracts from illuminating and insightful books, reports, and law review articles. The book covers topics such as: Arrest, search and seizure, and the right to counsel Police interrogation and confessions Undercover investigations and computer network surveillance Guilty pleas Trial by jury and postconviction review Individual rights and the war on terrorism"--Publisher's Website.