Overview
- Great value and yet a thorough textbook with intellectual bite
Completely revised and updated with a new section on the Draft Criminal Code
Highly readable and accessible with all the essential information in one compact volume
Criminal law is a core subject area in all undergraduate law degrees and for the Common Professional Exam
Coauthored by Marise Cremona, the respected Law Masters Series editor
Part of the book series: Macmillan Law Masters (MLM)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Basic Principles of Criminal Liability
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Front Matter
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Offences Against the Person
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Front Matter
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Offences Against Property
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Front Matter
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Defences
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Front Matter
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About this book
Cremona and Herring provide an approachable and thorough overview of the fundamentals of English criminal law. The book examines the principles of criminal liability and the central offences against persons and property highlighting interesting and controversial aspects of the law, as well as considering topical issues including the Draft Criminal Code. Legislation and recent caselaw are explained in accessible language and some of the criticisms and analysis of the law are discussed.
Features of this second fully updated edition include a completely new chapter, which considers some of the principles which underlie criminal law. There are new sections on computer crimes, blackmail and forgery.
Features of this second fully updated edition include a completely new chapter, which considers some of the principles which underlie criminal law. There are new sections on computer crimes, blackmail and forgery.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
MARISE CREMONA is a Senior Fellow in the European Commercial Law Unit at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. She writes extensively on European Community Law and is the Series editor of the Law Masters series.
JONATHAN HERRING is Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford. A qualified solicitor, he was previously Fellow in Law at New Hall, Cambridge and College Lecturer at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
JONATHAN HERRING is Lecturer in Law at the University of Oxford. A qualified solicitor, he was previously Fellow in Law at New Hall, Cambridge and College Lecturer at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Criminal Law
Authors: Jonathan Herring, Marise Cremona
Series Title: Macmillan Law Masters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13561-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXX, 361
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave