CCLP – Intro to Constitutional Criminal Law and Procedure

This lecture reviews four foundations of criminal procedure that helps explain Supreme Court decisions: (1st) the context of criminal procedure, including the criminal justice apparatus, the ideologies that infuse the rules with meaning, and the political background that shape judicial decisions; (2nd) legal fundamentals, including the definition and classification of law, the court system, federalism, and the special role of the United States Supreme Court; (3rd) an overview of the United States Constitution, with an emphases on its criminal justice provisions; and (4th) the incorporation doctrine, which is how the Bill of Rights came to be applied to state and local government.