Criminal Law, 5th Edition

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Trusted by generations of students, the Longman Law Series is guaranteed to spark your academic curiosity and provide you with the best possible basis for your legal study. Using a range of problematic case scenarios this text provides a Coherent and theoretical analysis of Criminal Law.

Core Features

Your essential guide to all aspects of criminal law doctrine and the theories and policy considerations which underpin it, Criminal Law helps you get the most from your study by equipping you with:

• a strong understanding of the key aspects of criminal liability, major criminal offences and defences necessary for your course
• a range of hypothetical case examples clarifying your understanding of complex points and illustrating how you can apply the legal principles to a wealth of factual scenarios
• key further reading references to pertinent academic articles and end of chapter summaries to cement your understanding of the subject area and  provide a springboard to further study

Your essential guide to all aspects of Criminal Law, this new edition contains:

• A range of hypothetical examples to illustrate problematic case scenarios
• Invaluable further reading references to a wide range of academic articles and additional source material 
• Major rewrites of the sections on sexual offences, complicity, and attempt
• Expanded anaysis of corporate liability
• Full coverage of important new cases including Clinton, Dawes, Bowyer and Hatter, Hill, Asmelash, and Dawes on partial defences to murder, Daoand R v A on duress and Pipe on necessity