Scots criminal law

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Alexander McCall Smith
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Scotland
Publication Information: Edinburgh : Butterworths, 1992
Type: Book
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/scots-criminal-law/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

XXXI, 302 pages ; 22 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Scots 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: R.A.A. McCall Smith, David Sheldon.
Publication Date: 1992
Country/State: Scotland
Number of Editions: 11 editions
First edition Date: 1992
Last edition Date: 1997
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KDC910
Dewey Code: 346
ISBN: 0406252696 9780406252692
OCLC: 27043172

Main Contents

Element of a crime; criminal capacity; inchoate crimes; participation in crime; excuses; assault and related offences; homicide; sexual offences; theft and embezzlement; robbery; fraud; reset ; extortion and corruption; damaging property; offences against (public) order and decency; road traffic offences; offences against the course of justice.

Summary Note

The basic principles of Scottish criminal law are described here, aiming to provide a grounding that assists/encourages students to embark on a more detailed study of this field. The treatment covers the general principles of criminal responsibility and the principal substantive offences. ”’

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