Criminal law
Criminal law
Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland > England and Wales > KD7869
Edition Details
- Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Claire De Than
- Language: English
- Jurisdiction(s): England
- Publication Information: Oxford,United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Publication Type (Medium): Examinations, Examinations, questions, etc
- Material: Internet resource
- Type: Book, Internet Resource
- Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/criminal-law-95474/ (Stable identifier)
Short Description
XXXIX, 567 pages : ILlustrations ; 25 cm
Purpose and Intended Audience
Useful for students learning an area of law, Criminal law is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.
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Bibliographic information
- Responsable Person: Claire De Than, BA (HONS) LLB, LLM, Director of Student Experience and Senior Lecturer, City Law School, City University London; Russell Heaton, LLB, Former Principal Lecturer in Law, Department of Academic Legal Studies, Nottingham Trent University.
- Publication Date: 2013
- Country/State: England
- Number of Editions: 5 editions
- First edition Date: 2013
- Last edition Date: 2013
- Languages: British English
- Library of Congress Code: KD7869
- Dewey Code: 345.42
- ISBN: 9780199657209 0199657203
- OCLC: 826658711
Publisher Description:
em>Criminal Law, Fourth Edition, offers a unique, in-depth analysis of the elements of criminal offenses in the UK. Using a logical structure and a lively writing style, authors Claire de Than and Russell Heaton ensure that even the most complicated aspects of criminal law are explained in a clear and engaging manner, allowing students to develop a full appreciation of the fundamentals.
FEATURES
Structured learning features are integrated throughout the chapters to help students engage with the subject and develop their knowledge further.
Running examples in each chapter provide scenarios to help clarify points of law and aid understanding.
Flowcharts and diagrams offer a useful VIsual tool to ILlustrate the more complex offenses and defenses.
The accompanying Companion Website includes a “Hot 100 Cases” database with summaries of key criminal law cases and a bonus chapter on Vicarious and Corporate Liability (www.oup.com/uk/orc/ law/criminal/heaton4e)
Main Contents
Introduction
Actus reus
Mens rea and fault
Non-fatal offences against the person
Sexual offences
Homicide
General defences I : age and insanity
General defences II : automatism, intoxication, mistake and self-defence
General defences III : duress, necessity and marital coercion
Offences against property I : theft
Offences against property II : fraud
Offences against property III
Strict liability
Secondary participation in crime
Inchoate offences.
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Find it in the Library of Congress:
If you wish to locate similar books to “Criminal law”, they can be found under the 345.42 in a public library, and the Library of Congress call numbers starting with KD7869 in most university libraries. If you wish to look up similar titles to “Criminal law” in an on-line library catalog, the official Library of Congress Subject Headings under which they can be found are:
Criminal law
England
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