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Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

Product details

Published 06 Apr 2021
Format Paperback
Edition 12th
Extent 400
ISBN 9781352012040
Imprint Hart Publishing
Dimensions Not specified
Series Hart Law Masters
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Jonathan Herring

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the Univer…

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