By Richard Card

Description

* Comprehensive coverage of substantive law ensures this book maps well onto courses

* Clear presentation and layout ensures this text is user-friendly

* Clearly structured exposition of current state of law, including discussion of controversial cases and need for law reform, enables students to gain an up-to-date and wider understanding of the subject

* Guides students through the development of legal principles through case analysis and uses examples from case law and hypothetical examples to illustrate legal principles, helping students to gain a full understanding of the subject

New to this edition

* New companion web site containing web links and updates to the text, allowing students to keep up to date with developments between editions

* Updated to cover all legislative and case law developments since last edition

This popular title combines breadth of coverage with readability and sets out the principal points of criminal law in a systematic and thorough way. It is designed for use on undergraduate degree courses, graduate diplomas in law (CPE), and similar courses, and continues to provide the widest coverage of all textbooks on criminal law.

The seventeenth edition covers all of the latest legislative developments, including the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, the Drugs Act 2005, and the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. Recent case law, including Hasan, Bentham, Wang, Rimmington; Goldstein, Jones, A-G for Jersey v Holley, Konzani, Kennedy (No2) and Quayle, is also incorporated.

Online Resource Centre

A new Online Resource Centre containing twice-yearly updates to the text, and web links, allows students to keep up to date with developments between editions.

Readership: This book is designed as an introductory text for undergraduates on law courses studying criminal law, postgraduate diplomas in law courses and similar courses.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Criminal liability 1: actus reus

3. Criminal liability 2: mens rea and miscellaneous matters

4. Proof

5. Strict liability

6. Non-fatal offences against the person

7. Homicide and related offences

8. Sexual offences

9. Offences against property 1: theft and related offences

10. Offences against property 2: other offences under the Theft Acts

11. Offences against property 3: other offences against property

12. Offences against the administration of justice

13. Public order offences

14. Weapons offences

15. Offences against public morals

16. Road traffic offences

17. Inchoate offences

18. Mental condition defences

19. Other general defences

20. Participation

Authors, editors, and contributors

Richard Card, Professor of Law, De Montfort University, Leicester (Emeritus)

Published Year: 2006 Format: Paper Back ISBN: 978-0-19-928666-9 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 914 Our Price: £ 24.99 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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