Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine 6th Edition

Criminal Law

Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine 6th Edition

Edited by A.P. Simester · J.R. Spencer · G.R. Sullivan · G.J. Virgo
Hart Publishing July 2016

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ISBN-13
9781849467223
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
July 2016
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only
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This is the new edition of the leading textbook on criminal law by Professors Simester and Sullivan, now co-written with Professors Spencer, Stark, and Virgo.

Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law is an outstanding account of modern English criminal law, combining detailed exposition and analysis of the law with a careful exploration of its theoretical underpinnings. Primarily, it is written for undergraduate students of criminal law and it has become the set text in many leading universities.

Additionally, the book is used as an important point of reference in academic writing and postgraduate research in England and abroad. Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law has been cited by appellate courts throughout the world.

The sixth edition is comprehensively updated throughout to set out and analyse all key development in the field with the work's trademark clarity and critical rigour.

Table of Contents

1.
Criminal Law: Definition and Ambit
2.
The Rule of Law and The European Convention
3.
Interpretation and Proof
4.
The Actus Reus
5.
Mens Rea
6.
Strict And Constructive Liability
7.
Secondary Participation
8.
Vicarious and Corporate Liability
9.
The Inchoate Offences
10.
Homicide
11.
Non-Fatal Offences Against The Person
12.
The Principal Sexual Offences
13.
Theft
14.
Related Offences
15.
Fraud
16.
The Moral Limits of Criminalisation
17.
Defences: An Overview
18.
Failure of Proof: Mistake And Intoxication
19.
Mental Condition Defences
20.
Defences of Circumstantial Pressure
21.
Permissible Conduct
22.
Defences and Blame: Some Observations
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