Textbook of criminal law
By: Dennis J. Baker, M. Phil., Ph. D. Jesus College, Cambridge, Head of School of Law, University of Surrey
Contributors: Williams, Glanville (Glanville Llewelyn), 1911-1997
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1559
ISBN-13: 9780414037342
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Criminal law; Law; Strafrecht
Other titles: Glanville Williams textbook of criminal law
Description: This volume is an exposition and evaluation of the criminal law. Now updated and rewritten for modern criminal law course, the author, Dennis Baker, brings back the classic style of Glanville Williams' insight but focused on modern criminal law today.
Notes: Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1 General Considerations; title: 1. Crime and the Criminal Law; title: 2. Judge and Jury; title: 3. The Moral and Constitutional Limits of the Criminal Law; title: 4. Intention; title: 5. Recklessness and Negligence; title: 6. Fault as to Circumstances; title: 7. Strict Liability; title: 8. Attributed Acts: Vicarious Liability; title: 9. Corporations; Exceptions to Strict Liability; title: 10. The External Elements of an Offence; title: 11. Causation; title: pt. 2 The Protection of the Person; title: 12. Non-Fatal Offences against the Person; title: 13. Sexual Aggression; title: 14. Murder; title: 15. Involuntary Manslaughter; title: 16. The Foetus and the New-Born Child; title: pt. 3 Involvement in Crime; title: 17.Complicity; title: 18. Attempt; title: 19. Conspiracy; title: 20. Other Inchoate Offences; title: pt. 4 Defences; title: 21. Ignorance of Law and Superior Orders; title: 22. Intoxication; title: 23. Discipline and Authority; title: 24. Private and Public Defence; title: 25. Loss of Control; title: 26. Consent and Entrapment; title: 27. Necessity; title: 28. Duress and Coercion; title: 29. Automatism; title: 30. Criminal Capacity and Insanity; title: 31. Diminished Responsibility; title: pt. 5 The Protection of Property; title: 32. Theft; title: 33. Robbery and Similar Offences Robbery; title: 34. Blackmail; title: 35. Burglary; title: 36. Handling Stolen Goods; title: 37. Fraud; title: 38. Damages and trespass.