The Illustrated Guide to Law

A free resource, teaching how the law works… and how it doesn't!

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  • Contents
  • Criminal Law
    • Crime
    • Punishment
      • Rehabilitation
      • Deterrence
      • Removal/Retribution
    • Guilt
      • Mens Rea
      • Culpability
      • Actus Reus
      • Attempt
      • Conspiracy/Solicitation
    • Defenses
      • Mistake & Insanity
      • Entrapment
      • Necessity
      • Duress
      • Self-Defense
    • Guilt Without Fault
    • Examples
      • Theft
      • Assault & Hate Crime
      • Rape
      • Murder & Terrorism
  • Criminal Procedure
    • Introduction
      • What It’s For
      • The Players
    • Search & Seizure
      • Police vs. Privacy
      • The Exclusionary Rule
      • Search Warrants & Standing
      • Wiretaps
      • Stop / Frisk / Arrest
      • Cars / Consent / Dog Sniff
      • Emergency Exceptions
      • 4th Amendment Flowchart
    • Self-Incrimination
      • Why Care?
      • History of Confession Law
      • Taking the Fifth
      • Miranda
      • 5th Amendment Flowchart
    • Eyewitness Identification
      • The Problem
      • Memory
      • Facial Recognition
      • I.D. Procedures
      • Admissibility in Court
      • Eyewitness I.D. Flowchart
  • Constitutional Law
    • Introduction
      • What’s Con Law?
      • What’s a Constitution?
      • The United States Constitution
    • What Were They Thinking?
      • Why a Constitution?
      • Popular Sovereignty
      • Who Can Rewrite It?
    • A History of Government, in Six Revolutions
      • The Cognitive Revolution
      • The Junk Food Revolution
      • The Institution Revolution
  • Terrorism
  • Explainers
    • Your Miranda Rights in a Nutshell
    • Qualified Immunity
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Here’s everything the average Joe needs to know about Miranda:

When they say "You have the right to remain SILENT..." you say "I'm not answering any QUESTIONS and I want a LAWYER."

Discussed in detail in the Guide’s section on Miranda.

Or take the deep dive, in the History of Self-Incrimination Law.

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