The Volokh Conspiracy - Do Law Students Need a Guide to the Model Penal Code?:

Here's a post for the recent and current law students in the VC audience. I usually teach criminal law in the fall, and my course focuses on the Model Penal Code (aka the "MPC"). Learning the MPC is a pretty important part of learning criminal law in a lot of courses, and yet in my experience there aren't good books or guides that explain how to apply the MPC. A few books exist, but my students haven't found them particularly helpful.

Given that, I was thinking I might write a law student's guide to the Model Penal Code — think "The Model Penal Code in a Nutshell." Here's the question: Would students find such a guide helpful? Or is this market alread covered? Several student-focused books cover the common law pretty well, but I haven't been as satisfied with the offerings on the MPC. What's your take?

	[Orin Kerr, January 16, 2007 at 4:12pm] Trackbacks Do Law Students Need a Guide to the Model Penal Code?: Here's a post for the recent and current law students in the VC audience. I usually teach criminal law in the fall, and my course focuses on the Model Penal Code (aka the "MPC"). Learning the MPC is a pretty important part of learning criminal law in a lot of courses, and yet in my experience there aren't good books or guides that explain how to apply the MPC. A few books exist, but my students haven't found them particularly helpful. Given that, I was thinking I might write a law student's guide to the Model Penal Code — think "The Model Penal Code in a Nutshell." Here's the question: Would students find such a guide helpful? Or is this market alread covered? Several student-focused books cover the common law pretty well, but I haven't been as satisfied with the offerings on the MPC. What's your take?