Subjects:

Criminal Law

• Clearly structured exposition of the current state of the law, including discussion of controversial cases and the need for law reform, enables an up-to-date and wide understanding of the subject
• Guides students through the development of key legal principles through case analysis and uses examples (hypothetical and from case law) to illustrate these principles, thereby helping students to gain a full understanding of the subject
• An online resource centre, containing web links and regular updates to the text, assists students and lecturers in keeping up-to-date with developments between editions

New to this edition

• Carefully refocused in order to provide fully appropriate coverage for LLB, CPE and GDL modules on criminal law
• Features 'key points' boxes designed to assist students firmly to grasp subject matter from the outset

Card, Cross & Jones Criminal Law is widely acknowledged as one of the very best introductory texts on the substantive criminal law of England and Wales. This popular title combines breadth of coverage with readability and sets out the principal points of criminal law in a systematic and thorough way. It is designed for use on undergraduate degree courses, and graduate diplomas in law. The eighteenth edition has been substantially updated to include legislative and case law developments since the last edition, including the Fraud Act 2006,and is now even more closely linked to syllabus requirements.