The Law Relating to Violent Crime

Targeted towards practitioners handling criminal cases that involve violence, this book covers crimes of violence from first principles to practical points of evidence. Contents include: murder and manslaughter

actus reus

malice aforethought and mistake

voluntary and involuntary manslaughter

homicide and mental incapacity

vehicular homicide

suicide related offences

abortion and child destruction

assault and battery

defences to non-fatal offences

unlawful detention

parties to crimes of violence

and corporate liability.