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Hey, I'm trying to decide which supplements to buy for what classes and for Criminal Law I was assigned one book titled Understanding Criminal Law (5th edition) by Dressler. The only supplement I can find is: Legalines on Criminal Law, 3d--Keyed to Dressler. Does the 3d mean that it is probably not helpful with the 3rd edition? Or do you think that a lot probably has not changed, and it would still be very helpful? Also, any more suggestions on supplements would be awesome! Thanks.

Actually, looking through threads, maybe Understanding Criminal Law is a supplement. I suck at this already!

Lol yup, Understanding Criminal Law is the supplement by Dressler. It obviously is a perfect accompaniment to Dressler's casebook, though it would be helpful regardless of which crim casebook you end up using.

You can find it at the following link

Understanding Criminal Law

I kind of liked the "Acing" for crim.

My professor recommends the 5th edition. I can get what I believe is the 4th edition for $2 on Amazon. It says "student edition" for some reason. Any reason I should go for the more expensive option?

sweatingbanshee wrote:My professor recommends the 5th edition. I can get what I believe is the 4th edition for $2 on Amazon. It says "student edition" for some reason. Any reason I should go for the more expensive option?

Absolutely fine to use the sightly older one. I got an older version and it was immensely helpful. Trust me, there are no changes of note, and no reason to spend the extra money on a new copy.

Wanted to bump instead of starting a new thread. I tried searching but just to confirm--it's better to get the hornbook written by your casebook author even if it's not considered the best one?