 | Chapter Objectives
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After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
- Distinguish between criminal law and civil law.
- Distinguish between substantive law and procedural law.
- List five features of "good" criminal laws.
- Explain why criminal law is a political phenomenon.
- Summarize the origins of American criminal law.
- Describe the procedural rights in the Fourth Amendment.
- Describe the procedural rights in the Fifth Amendment.
- Describe the procedural rights in the Sixth Amendment.
- Describe the procedural rights in the Eighth Amendment.
- Explain why procedural rights are important to those accused of crimes.
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