I can not say enough good things about Delaney's books, especially this one. Learning Criminal Law is an amazing tool by itself, but the thing that makes it really special is the way that it ties together all of the material in the previous two books in this series. Learning Criminal Law applies the concepts presented in Learning Legal Reasoning and How to Succeed on Law School Exams to substantive criminal law. Not only will this book help you learn criminal law, but it will also cement the Legal Reasoning and Examsmanship methods. The advocacy argument approach is also very engaging. I highly recommend this book!!!

This book did not just teach me criminal law by presenting legal arguments, which I find to be a more engaging way of learning. It also taught me how to answer law school exams. The author arranges questions so one starts with easier questions and progress to harder ones - the ones you may see on a real law school exams or the bar exam - with model answers given and explained. I can feel that the author wants the readers to understand his material and do well in law school. It is a very helpful book and I highly recommend it.

Every law student will recognize the series Examples & Explanations, Nutshells, Understanding and perhaps Blond's. I've worked with all of them. Delaney's "Learning Criminal Law" is superior to all of them!

To anyone who ever took LEEWS, Fleming's, or read Delaney's "How to Do Your Best On Law School Exams" and wished for more practice this is your answer! I liked many of the Example & Explanations series because they had hypos at the end of the chapters. I loved "Learning Criminal Law" because Delaney teaches with hypos on just about every page. Like the previous reviewer, I must have said to myself a thousand times, "I wish there were Delaney primers in my other subjects."