Criminal Law

by Alan Reed (Author), Ben Fitzpatrick (Author), Peter Seago (Author), Ben Fitzpatrick (Author), Alan Reed (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $7.24

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $13.42

  The third edition of this highly successful concise college text on criminal law has been designed to give the student a clear understanding of the subject. The traditional approach to the subject is to introduce general principles before beginning discussion of specific offences, which often causes confusion to students first encountering criminal law. This text, however, begins by describing one offence - murder - in detail, drawing examples from particular cases. The study of the particular offence is then used to illustrate and clarify the general principles of law applicable to all crimes. This innovative approach helps the student to grasp the complex relationships between general legal principles and the law relating to specific crimes. Subjects covered include: murder, strict liability, parties to a criminal offence, general defences, inchoate offences, unlawful homicide, non-fatal offences against the person, offences under the Theft Acts, and criminal damage to property.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.40

  This is a short introductory guide to the specific criminal offences, including parties to crime and general defences. The approach taken by the author is to begin with a discussion of one offence - murder - and then to illustrate the general principles of criminal liability by referring to that offence. This approach is designed to help students understand how the general prinicples are to be applied to individual crimes. This edition revises and updates all the material to reflect relevant changes in the law, covering, for example, the Criminal Justice Act 1993, the Road Traffic Act 1991, with regard to reckless driving, and the two major House of Lords decisions in Gomez and Brown.