Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement (American Casebook Series)

About this book

The Sixth Edition is an entire reworking of this classic casebook. Beyond its traditional role in teaching a broad-gauge federal criminal law course the book is well suited for use in white collar crime courses or seminars. For example the fraud materials focus on business practices uncovered in the current economic meltdown. New chapters and new sections include Corporate Criminal Liability (new chapter 9) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (chapter 5 section E) Plea Bargaining after Lafler and Frye (chapter 17 Part B) corporate plea cooperation and deferred-prosecution agreements (chapter 17 Section C) and general defenses to federal criminal liability (chapter 8 Section E). All chapters have been substantially revamped reflecting recent Supreme Court rulings new case law and statutory changes in the areas of mail fraud obstruction money laundering terrorism and weapons offense and death penalty enhancements for Controlled Substance Act violations.