General Principles of Criminal Law

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Description
K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai's General Principles of Criminal Law is a well established work that presents the principles of criminal law through the case method. It is the first work of its kind that dispels the convention of confining this area of study to the four walls of the statutory regime. The Second Edition has been thoroughly updated and beautifully designed, in keeping with the existing pattern of the work. The learned author has introduced each topic in the book and then explained it by leading English and Indian cases. At the end of each case, fundamental questions of law are given for classroom discussion. To help students prepare case notes, the text of cases has been condensed, edited and summarised; some explanatory notes and suggested readings are also added to them. The category of uncompleted crimes, often called inchoate offences, also find a significant place in the book. This landmark work is indispensable for students of LIB and LLM and anyone teaching or learning the basic principles of criminal law.
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Contents
1.   Sources and Fundamental Principles in the Enforcement Context
2.   General Principles of Criminal Law
3.   General Principles of Criminal Responsibility
4.   Parties to Crime: The Doctrine of Complicity
5.   Uncompleted Crimes: Attempt, Conspiracy and Abetment
6.   Defences to Criminal Charges Based On Justifications
7.   General Defences Based On Excuses
8.   Crimes Against Persons
9.   Criminal Sexual Conduct and Other Crimes
10. Crimes Against Property—Theft and Mischief
11. Offences Relating to Marriage
12. Crimes Against Public Order and Morals
Subject Index
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Author Details
Dr. K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, B.Sc. (Ker), LL.M. (Del), LL.M., S. J. D. (Michigan) Director, Indian Law Institute, Professor & Dean, Faculty of Law, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Director Designate, National Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, Cochin.
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