CRIMINAL LAW 2019/E 11/E

11. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-352-00533-2
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 369 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Macmillan Law Masters

This bestselling, classic textbook provides a clear and straightforward account of criminal law, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discussing wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines. Written by one of the UK’s leading experts on criminal law, this book is compact yet comprehensive, well-structured, stimulating and engaging.

This edition includes:

- A detailed discussion of the significant new definition of dishonesty

- Consideration of case law developments on diminished responsibility

- Analysis of the new law on accessories

- Exploration of recent cases on loss of control

- Summaries of recent academic analysis of criminal law



This is an ideal text for all students taking undergraduate LLB and GDL/CPE courses in criminal law.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herring, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY.- 1. Introduction to Criminal Law.- 2. Procedures and Structures of Criminal Law.- 3. The External Elements.- 4. Causation.- 5. The Mental Element.- 6. Corporate Crime and Strict Liability.- PART II: OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON.- 7. Assaults.- 8. Sexual Offences.- 9. Murder.- 10. Manslaughter.- PART III: OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY.- 11. Theft.- 12. Offences Connected to Theft.- 13. Fraud.- 14. Other Offences Against Property.- PART IV: DEFENCES.- 15. Denial of Elements of Offences.- 16. General Defences.- PART V: PARTICIPATION IN CRIME.- 17. Accessories.- 18. Inchoate Offences.

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford. He is series editor of the Great Debates in Law series, also published by Macmillan International Higher Education.