Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon

Author: James Chalmers; Fiona Leverick; Lindsay Farmer
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781399571906

Published In: October 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: Hardback edition price on application, ISBN13 9780748640706

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A collection of essays honours the work of Sir Gerald Gordon CBE QC LLD (1929-).

In modern times few, if any, individuals can have been as important to a single country's criminal law as Sir Gerald has been to the criminal law of Scotland. His monumental work The Criminal Law of Scotland (1967) is the foundation of modern Scottish criminal law and is recognised internationally as a major contribution to academic work on the subject. Elsewhere, he has made significant contributions as an academic, judge and as a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Reflecting the academic rigour and practical application of Sir Gerald's work, this volume includes essays on criminal law theory, substantive law and evidence and procedure by practitioners and academics within and outside of Scotland, including contributions from England, Ireland and the USA.

Preface

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Table of Cases

Foreword by Lord Rodger of Earlsferry

1. Sir Gerald Gordon: An Appreciation by Christopher Gane

2. Corroboration and Distress: Some Crumbs from Under the Master's Table by Lord Hope of Craighead

3. Child Defendants and the Doctrines of the Criminal Law by Andrew Ashworth

4. Codification of the Criminal Law by Eric Clive

5. Public and Private Wrongs by R A Duff and S E Marshall

6. The Idea of Principle in Scots Criminal Law by Lindsay Farmer

7. A Human Right to a Fair Criminal Law by Victor Tadros