Reconstructing criminal law
Subtitle: text and materials
By: Celia Wells, Oliver Quick.
Contributors: Quick, Oliver.; Lacey, Nicola.
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: Law in context series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 944
ISBN-13: 9780521737395; 9780521519137
Subjects: Criminal law -- England; Criminal law -- Wales
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Reconstructing criminal law / Nicola Lacey, Celia Wells, Oliver Quick. 3rd ed. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Images of criminal law; title: Criminal laws in context; title: Foundations of criminal law; title: Social and political constructions of disorder; title: Securing order : pre-emptive measures; title: Public order : control mechanisms; title: Criminal law and justice : emerging themes; title: Offences against the person; title: Drug and alcohol abuse : legal constructions of a social problem; title: Offence preparation and participation; title: Defining and defending private property; title: Constructing property in criminal law; title: Property rights and criminal enforcemen; title: The social construction of sexuality and bodily autonomy; title: Sexual violence; title: Regulating sexuality; title: Murder and manslaughter