Cases and materials on criminal law
Title:
Cases and materials on criminal law
Author:
Burchell, Jonathan M., author.
ISBN:
9781485109365
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fourth edition / by Jonathan Burchell.
Physical Description:
xx, 1410 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The principle of legality -- Punishment -- Human rights -- Unlawful conduct -- Defences excluding unlawfulness -- Capacity -- Fault (mens rea) -- The contemporaneity rule -- Criminal liability of corporations -- Participation in crime -- Anticipatory and incomplete crimes -- Crimes against human life -- Crimes against the person -- Crimes against family life -- Crimes against property -- Crimes against community interests -- Crimes against sexual morality -- Crimes against the collective welfare -- Crimes against the government of the state -- Crimes against the administration of justice -- Organised crime.
Abstract:
"The fourth edition of Cases and Materials on Criminal Law includes 26 new extracts covering a range of topics, including the principle of legality, punishment, causation, consent in rape cases, dolus eventualis, knowledge of unlawfulness, common purpose, conspiracy, consensual child sexual experimentation, defamation, robbery, corruption, contempt of court, racketeering and criminal confiscation."--Page [4] of book cover.