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Description
This very readable introductory text is specifically designed to be an indispensable companion to your undergraduate or CPE course in criminal law. It covers all the essential aspects that you need to gain a solid grasp of the subject and also includes 'hot topic' sections which analyse the controversial cases of recent years. This new edition has been updated to include discussion of important caselaw developments in the law of provocation, consent, conspiracy and duress. There is also discussion of the Law Commission's proposals on the law of murder.
Criminal Law 5th edition includes:
• key words in each chapter to introduce the new terms and definitions to be explored
• chapter summaries to recap and reinforce issues discussed
• case notes and further reading suggestions to offer a starting point for deeper
investigation into the subject
• 'hot topics' including euthanasia and mercy killing, criminalizing the spread of
diseases, and incitement and the World Wide Web.
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Contents
Part 1 - Basic Principles of Criminal Liability
1. Introduction to Criminal Law
2. Procedure and Structures of Criminal Law
3. The External Elements
4. Causation
5. The Mental Element
6. Corporate Crime and Strict Liability
Part 2 - Offences Against the Person
7. Assaults
8. Sexual Offences
9. Murder
10. Manslaughter
Part 3 - Offences against Property
11. Theft
12. Offences Connected to Theft
13. Deception Offences
14. Other Offences against Property
Part 4 - Defences
15. Denial of Elements of Offences
16. General Defences
Part 5 - Participation in Crime
17. Accessories
18. Inchoate Offences
Index
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Author Details
Jonathan Herring is a Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, UK. He is a qualified solicitor, and has also taught at both New Hall and Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Christ Church, Oxford.
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