Criminal Law

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Description
Criminal Law introduces you to the principles of criminal law through a fresh and stimulating approach. The book allows you to develop a full appreciation of the fundamentals of the subject whilst highlighting and examining key areas for debate.
With a logical structure and lively7 writing style, the authors ensure that even the most complicated aspects of criminal law are explained in a clear and engaging manner. Learning features trhoughout the chapters help you structure your study. These features include:
•    Chapter objectives
•    Running examples
•    Exercises
•    Questions
•    Diagrams
•    Further reading
•    Chapter summaries
•    End of chapter flowcharts
New to this Edition
•    Full account of recent legal developments including corporate manslaughter, and the reforms to
     voluntary manslaughter under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
•    Discussion of recent cases on sexual offences, accomplices, and intoxication deences
•    Inclusion of running examples to demonstrate how the law works in practice
•    Addition of end of chapter flowcharts to reinforce poins of law and help with revision
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Contents
Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Table of Statutory Instruments
Table of International Treaties and Conventions
Glossary of Journal and Other References
How to use this Book
1.    Introduction
2.    Actus reus
3.    Mens rea and fault
4.    Non-fatal offences against the person
5.    Sexual offences
6.    Homicide
7.    General defences I : Age and insanity
8.    General defences II : Automatism, intoxication, mistake and self-defence
9.    General defences III : Duess, necessity and marital coercion
10.  Offences against property I: Theft
11.  Offences against property II: Fraud
12.  Offences against property III
13.  Strict liability
14.  Secondary participation in crime
15.  Vicarious and corporate liability
16.  Inchoate ofences
Index
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Author's Details
Russell Heaton, LLB : former Principal Lecturer in Law, Department of Academic Legal Studies, Nottingham Trent University
Claire De Than, BA (Hons) LLB, LLM : Director, LLB and Senior Lecturer City Law School City University London
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