Criminal Law

12. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-352-01204-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

Reihe: Hart Law Masters

Written by one of the UK's leading experts, this bestselling textbook provides a clear and straightforward account of criminal law. It introduces current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discusses wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines.

This edition includes new case law on sexual offences, discussion of developments in law on homicide and a rewritten chapter on accessory liability. There is also increased coverage of power relationships and the law, including greater discussion of racial inequalities in the criminal justice system.

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
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Herring, Jonathan
Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, UK.

Jonathan Herring is the DW Wolf-Clarendon Fellow in Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford and Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. He is series editor of the Great Debates in Law series.