Subjects:

Criminal Law

Contents:

1. Introduction: general principles

2. Actus reus

3. Mens rea

4. Strict and corporate liability

5. Secondary participation

6. Homicide 1: Murder

7. Homicide II: Voluntary and involuntary manslaughter

8. Defences I: Incapacity and mental conditions

9. Defences II: General defences

10. Non-fatal offences against the person

11. Sexual offences

12. Property offences I: Theft, robbery, handling

13. Property offences II: Fraud, making off without payment

14. Property offences III: Burglary, aggravated burglary, blackmail, criminal damage

15. Inchoate offences

Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, & Materials offers a student-centered approach to the criminal law syllabus. Clear and concise explanation of general legal principles is combined with fully integrated extracts from the leading cases and a wide range of academic materials. The extracts have been carefully selected to ensure that they are detailed enough to illustrate the point of law under consideration, but succinct enough not to disrupt the flow of the text or to intimidate the student new to the study of criminal law.

The book has been carefully structured with the needs of the student firmly in mind. Each chapter begins with basic principles, and gradually covers all the core topics a student needs to know. Unique to this textbook is the extent to which the law is placed firmly in its social context. This will reinforce understanding by relating essential aspects of the law to vital social and moral problems.

Throughout the text a range of learning features are employed to consolidate understanding and encourage application: thinking points containing reflective and short answer questions, definition boxes, summary points, diagrams, and problem/essay questions (with guidance on answering all questions on the accompanying Online Resource Centre). Advice on examination technique is provided and the student is directed toward further reading.

This innovative text aims to engage the reader in an active approach to learning and to stimulate reflection about the role of criminal law in society

• Offers a complete guide to the LLB/CPE criminal law syllabus with extracts from key cases, academic materials and explanatory text integrated into a very clear narrative
• A range of pedagogic features, including concise summaries, diagrams, examples and thinking points are included to facilitate and reinforce understanding
• Every chapter offers introductory and concluding bullet-point reviews, and a final section challenging students to apply what they have learned with examination-style questions (with guidance on answering these questions on the accompanying Online Resource Centre)
• Extracts are included from each of the key cases that it's essential students get to grips with. Every extract is placed fully in context, and framed carefully in explanatory text that fully explains its meaning and significance
• Students are referred to the social and moral context of the law, wherever relevant, to encourage them to engage with the topical subject matter
• An Online Resource Centre provides a host of additional materials for both lecturer and student; a test bank of multiple choice questions that can be downloaded to a Virtual Learning Environment, along with guidance on answering all the questions posed throughout the text, regular updates to the law, and web links