Text, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law combines detailed commentary and analysis of the law with excerpts from a range of sources, both legal and non-legal, to help set the law in context and deepen your understanding of this core area of legal study.
Text, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law combines detailed commentary and analysis of the law with excerpts from a range of sources, both legal and non-legal, to help set the law in context and deepen your understanding of this core area of legal study.
Dr Stuart Macdonald is Associate Professor of Law at Swansea University. He has taught criminal law for over 15 years and has published widely on criminal justice issues, particularly the regulation of anti-social behaviour and counterterrorism legislation and policy.
Preface xiii
Table of cases xv
Table of European Court of Human Rights cases xxiii
Table of statutes xxiv
Table of statutory instruments xxvii
Table of treaties and other international instruments xxviii
Acknowledgements xxix
1 Your criminal law toolkit 1
2 The anatomy of a crime 33
3 Key actus reus concepts 47
4 Key mens rea concepts 83
5 Homicide 117
6 Non-fatal offences against the person 169
7 Sexual offences 216
8 Property offences 265
9 Intoxication 346
10 Mental condition defences 366
11 Substantive defences 395
12 Inchoate offences 445
13 Accessories 491
Index 529