Law in Context: Crime, Reason and History: A Critical Introduction to Criminal Law, 3rd Edition

Law in Context Series

Law in Context: Crime, Reason and History: A Critical Introduction to Criminal Law, 3rd Edition

By Alan Norrie
Cambridge University Press October 2014

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780521731683
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
October 2014
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Many books seek to explain the general principles of the criminal law. Crime, Reason and History stands out and alone as a book that critically and concisely analyses these principles and comes up with a different viewpoint: that the law is shaped by social history and therefore systematically structured around conflicting elements. Updated extensively to include two new chapters on loss of control and self defence and with an extended treatment of offence and defence, this new edition combines challenging and sophisticated analysis with accessibility.

• Proposes a different understanding of criminal law, which provides students with an alternative critical account that they can compare with other more orthodox texts

• Provides a broader, contextual treatment that sees the law as evolving in particular social conditions

• Challenges the basic assumption that the general principles of the criminal law are to be understood as consistent and coherent and encourages students to think beyond them

Table of Contents

Part I. Context:
1. Contradiction, critique and criminal law
2. The historical context of criminal doctrine
Part II. Mens Rea:
3. Motive and intention
4. Recklessness
Part III. Actus Reus:
6. Acts and omissions
7. Causation
Part IV. Defences:
8. Necessity and duress
9. Insanity and diminished responsibility
10. Self defence
11. Loss of control
Part V. Concluding:
12. Sentencing
13. Conclusion.

About the Author

Alan Norrie
University of Warwick

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