Kamisar, Yale

Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Law

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Yale Kamisar, the Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law Emeritus at the Law School, is a nationally recognized authority on constitutional law and criminal procedure. A graduate of New York University and Columbia Law School, he has written extensively on criminal law, the administration of criminal justice, and the "politics of crime." He is author of Police Interrogation and Confessions: Essays in Law and Policy and coauthor of Criminal Justice in Our Time, and The Supreme Court: Trends and Developments (five annual volumes). He wrote the chapter on constitutional criminal procedure for The Burger Court: The Counter-Revolution That Wasn't, The Burger Years, and The Warren Court: A Retrospective. He is also coauthor of two widely used casebooks: Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments & Questions, all ten editions, and Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments & Questions, all nine editions. In addition, he has written numerous articles on police interrogation and confessions; right to counsel; search and seizure; and euthanasia and assisted suicide, and is widely quoted on these subjects. Professor Kamisar taught at the University of Minnesota Law School from 1957 to 1964 and joined the University of Michigan law faculty in 1965.

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Co-editor. Criminal Procedure and the Constitution: Leading Supreme Court Cases and Introductory Text. 4th ed. J.H.Israel et al., co-editors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2016.
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Co-editor. Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments, and Questions. 14th ed. J. H. Israel et al., co-editors. West Academic Publishing, 2015.

Co-author. Constitutional Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions. 12th ed. J. H. choper et al., co-authors. St. Paul, MN: West Academic, 2015.

Co-author. Criminal Procedure and the Constitution: Leading Supreme Court Cases and Introductory Text. 2014 ed. J. H. Israel et al., co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2014.

Co-author. Leading Cases in Constitutional Law. 2013 ed. J. H. Choper, R. H. Fallon Jr., and S. H. Shiffrin, co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2013.

"The Rise, Decline and Fall(?) of Miranda." Wash. L. Rev. 87, no. 4 (2012): 965-1040.

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Co-author. Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments and Questions. 13 ed. W. R. LaFave et al., co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2012.

Co-author. Leading Cases in Constitutional Law. 2012 ed. J. H. Choper, R. H. Fallon Jr., and S. H. Shiffrin, co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2012.

Co-author. Criminal Procedure and the Constitution: Leading Supreme Court Cases and Introductory Text. J. H. Israel et al., co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 2012.

Co-author. Basic Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments and Questions. 13 ed. W. R. LaFave et al., co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2012.

Co-author. Advanced Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments and Questions. 13 ed. W. R. LaFave et al., co-authors. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2012.

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