Criminal law
By: Alan Reed and Ben Fitzpatrick
Contributors: Fitzpatrick, Ben; Seago, Peter
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: Sweet & Maxwell's textbook series; Sweet & Maxwell's textbook series
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
ISBN-13: 9781847037404
Subjects: Criminal law; Strafrecht
Description: Providing an account of criminal law, explaining the principles and how the law operates in practice, this book focuses on topics common to most law courses including murder, offences against the person/property. It sets out the conceptual basis of criminal liability and includes hypothetical examples.
Notes: Previous edition: / Alan Reed and Peter Seago. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction; title: What this book is about, and what it is not about; title: The purposes of criminal law; title: Classifying criminal offences and the structure of the courts; title: The significance of proof; title: 2.Actus Reus and Mens Rea: The Elements of an Offence; title: Actus Reus; title: The need for voluntary conduct; title: Liability for failing to act; title: Causation; title: Mens Rea; title: Coincidence of actus reus and mens rea; title: Transferred malice; title: Mistake as a defence to crime; title: 3.Strict Liability; title: Who created this genre of crimes?; title: How can crimes of strict liability be identified?; title: Modern principles for strict liability; title: Defences to offences of strict liability; title: Why do we have crimes of strict liability at all?; title: 4.Parties to Criminal Offences; title: Principal and Secondary Offenders; title: The principal or perpetrator; title: Secondary parties; title: Joint enterprise; title: The need for an actus reus; title: Victims as parties to an offence; title: Note continued: Repentance by a secondary party before the crime is committed; title: Reforming the law on complicity and joint enterprise; title: Assistance given after the commission of the crime; title: Vicarious and Corporate Liability; title: Vicarious liability; title: Corporate liability; title: 5.General Defences; title: The Mentally Abnormal Offender: Insanity and Unfitness to Plead; title: The defences of insanity and diminished responsibility; title: The mentally abnormal offender: general reading; title: Intoxication; title: Intoxication: general reading; title: Self-defence, Necessity and Duress; title: Necessity; title: Duress; title: Infancy; title: Entrapment; title: Superior Orders; title: 6.The Inchoate Offences; title: Attempts; title: General principles; title: Actus reus; title: Mens rea; title: Are all attempted offences crimes of specific intent?; title: Attempting the impossible; title: Acts of preparation; title: Encouragement or Assistance; title: Conspiracy; title: The actus reus in conspiracy; title: The mental element in conspiracy; title: Impossibility; title: Territorial jurisdiction; title: Note continued: 7.Offences Against the Person; title: Who can commit an offence against the person?; title: Who can be the victim of an offence against the person?; title: Unlawful Homicide; title: Murder and Manslaughter; title: The penalty for murder and manslaughter; title: The actus reus of murder and manslaughter; title: The mens rea of murder; title: Reforming the Law of Murder; title: Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter; title: Voluntary Manslaughter; title: The nature of provocation; title: Self-induced provocation; title: The dual test for provocation; title: Reform; title: Provocation: general reading; title: Involuntary Manslaughter; title: Unlawful act manslaughter; title: Gross negligence manslaughter; title: Further categories of involuntary manslaughter?; title: The future of involuntary manslaughter; title: Other Unlawful Homicides; title: Suicide; title: Infanticide; title: Causing death by dangerous driving; title: Homicide: general reading; title: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person; title: The general framework; title: Common assault; title: Assault occasioning actual bodily harm; title: Note continued: The offences under sections 20 and 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; title: Miscellaneous notes on offences against the person; title: Consent as a defence to offences against the person; title: Future reforms of the offences against the person and consent; title: Sexual Offences; title: General; title: Rape; title: Assault by penetration; title: Sexual Assault; title: Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent; title: Sections 5 to 8: Offences against children under 13; title: Child sex offences; title: 8.Offences Against Property I; title: Stealing under the Theft Act 1968; title: Theft; title: The actus reus of theft; title: The mens rea of theft; title: Conditional intention; title: 9.Offences Against Property II; title: Fraud Under the Fraud Act 2006 and Other Offences Under The Theft Acts; title: The Fraud Act 2006; title: Obtaining services dishonestly; title: Ancillary offences under the Act; title: Making Off Without Payment; title: Robbery; title: Summary; title: Burglary; title: Entry; title: As a trespasser; title: A building; title: Part of a building; title: Note continued: Mens rea; title: Aggravated Burglary; title: Making Unwarranted Demands with Menaces: Blackmail; title: There must be a demand; title: The demand must be accompanied by menaces; title: The demand must be made with a view to gain for the maker or another, or with intent to cause loss to another; title: The demand must be unwarranted; title: Handling; title: The actus reus of handling; title: The mens rea of handling; title: Summary on handling; title: Miscellaneous Provisions; title: Offences of temporary deprivation; title: Abstracting electricity; title: Business frauds; title: Advertising rewards; title: Going equipped for stealing; title: Restitution and compensation; title: 10.Offences Against Property III; title: Criminal Damage; title: The basic offence; title: Aggravated damage; title: Arson; title: Threatening to destroy or damage property (section 2); title: Possession of anything with intent to damage or destroy property (section 3); title: The defence of lawful excuse.