Includes bibliographical references.

Powell v. Alabama : the Supreme Court confronts "legal lynchings" / Michael J. Klarman -- Mapp v. Ohio : the first shot fired in the Warren Court's criminal procedure "revolution" / Yale Kamisar -- Gideon v. Wainwright and Strickland v. Washington : broken promises / David Cole -- Brady v. Maryland : from adversarial gamesmanship toward the search for innocence? / Stephanos Bibas -- Miranda v. Arizona : a modest but important legacy / Stephen Schulhofer -- Hoffa v. United States : secret agents in private spaces / Tracey Maclin -- Katz v. United States : the limits of aphorism / David A. Sklansky -- Duncan v. Louisiana : how bigotry in the bayou led to the federal regulation of state juries / Nancy J. King -- Terry v. Ohio : the Fourth Amendment reasonableness of police stops and frisks based on less than probable cause / John Q. Barrett -- United States v. Brignoni-Ponce and United States v. Martinez-Fuerte : the road to racial profiling / Bernard E. Harcourt -- Bordenkircher v. Hayes : plea bargaining and the decline of the rule of law / William J. Stuntz -- Batson v. Kentucky : the constitutional challenges of peremptory challenges / Pamela S. Karlan -- United States v. Salerno : the constitutionality of regulatory detention / Daniel Richman -- United States v. Mistretta : the Constitution and the sentencing guidelines / Kate Stith.

"Unlike casebooks, this title goes with greater detail into the human stories and the social, political, and legal contexts of the "big" Supreme Court cases regarding criminal justice. It unearths details not available anywhere else. In addition to great narrative enrichment, it provides the provocative thoughts of highly respected scholars who are each experts on the particular cases they address. This book will greatly enhance the teaching of both police practices (a/k/a "Cops and Robbers") and criminal adjudication (a/k/a "Bail to Jail") by providing both important context not available in any casebook and by offering the insights of some of the scholars who have thought the most deeply about these cases and issues."--Publisher's website