Criminal law / Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, University of Oxford; Fellow in Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Hart law mastersPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Hart, 2023Edition: Thirteenth editionDescription: 391 pages, 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781350356566
  • 9781350356573
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Criminal lawDDC classification:
  • 345.42 H435 2023 23/eng/20230403
LOC classification:
  • KD7869
Contents:
Introduction to criminal law -- Procedures and structures of criminal law -- The external elements -- Causation -- The mental element -- Corporate crime and strict liability -- Assaults -- Sexual offences -- Murder -- Manslaughter -- Theft -- Offences connected to theft -- Fraud -- Other offences against property -- Denial of elements of offences -- General defences -- Accessories -- Inchoate offences --
Summary: "Written by one of the UK's leading experts, the 13th edition of this bestselling textbook provides a straightforward account of criminal law. It introduces current debates about the law's nature, scope and functions and discusses wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines. This new edition explores recent developments in case law and changes to the Domestic Violence Act 2021, with violence against women highlighted as a key theme in criminal law. There is also a discussion about recent developments in the "rough sex defence"; defences to criminal damage; causation; and the new offence of strangulation and consent in abusive relationships"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to criminal law -- Procedures and structures of criminal law -- The external elements -- Causation -- The mental element -- Corporate crime and strict liability -- Assaults -- Sexual offences -- Murder -- Manslaughter -- Theft -- Offences connected to theft -- Fraud -- Other offences against property -- Denial of elements of offences -- General defences -- Accessories -- Inchoate offences --

"Written by one of the UK's leading experts, the 13th edition of this bestselling textbook provides a straightforward account of criminal law. It introduces current debates about the law's nature, scope and functions and discusses wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines. This new edition explores recent developments in case law and changes to the Domestic Violence Act 2021, with violence against women highlighted as a key theme in criminal law. There is also a discussion about recent developments in the "rough sex defence"; defences to criminal damage; causation; and the new offence of strangulation and consent in abusive relationships"-- Provided by publisher.

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