Chapter 3&4 - An American Perspective on Criminal Law

Chapter 3: An American Perspective on Criminal Law

1.  How do the crime control model and the due process model differ?

2. What impact has the war on terrorism had on issues of safety and liberty?

3. How are substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law different?

4. Is America's response to terrorism all that different from what other countries have done or were already doing? Explain your answer.

Chapter 4: Legal Traditions

1. What is today's four legal traditions?

2. Does America's legal tradition have any civil law aspects/

3. How are written law and unwritten law distinguished?

4. What is the primary source of law in each of the legal traditions?

5. How is law kept flexible in each tradition?

6. What developmental sub traditions were important in bringing about each legal tradition?