| Description |
cxxvi, 1368 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. One General Considerations -- 1.Crime and the Criminal Law -- 2. Judge and jury -- 3.The Moral and Constitutional Limits of the Criminal Law -- 4.Intention -- 5.Recklessness and Negligence -- 6.Fault as to Circumstances -- 7.The External Elements of an Offence -- 8.Causation -- Pt. Two The Protection of the Person -- 9.Non-Fatal Offences against the Person -- 10.Sexual Aggression -- 11.Murder -- 12.Involuntary Manslaughter -- 13.The Foetus and the New-Born Child -- 14.Complicity -- 15.Attempt -- 16.Conspiracy -- 17.Other Inchoate Offences -- Pt. Four Defences -- 18.Ignorance of Law -- 19.Intoxication -- 20.Discipline and Authority Discipline -- 21.Private and Public Defence -- 22.Loss of Control -- 23.Consent and Entrapment -- 24.Necessity -- 25.Duress and Coercion -- 26.Automatism -- 27.Criminal Capacity and Insanity -- 28.Diminished Responsibility -- Pt. Five The Protection of Property -- 29.Theft -- 30.Robbery and Similar Offences Robbery -- 31.Blackmail -- 32.Burglary -- 33.Handling Stolen Goods -- 34.Fraud -- 35.Damages and trespass --36.Strict Liability -- 37.Attributed Acts: Vicarious Liability -- 38.Corporations; Exceptions to Strict Liability |
| Summary |
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 ed. published 1983 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminal law -- England -- Textbooks.
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Criminal law -- Great Britain.
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Criminal law -- Wales -- Textbooks.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Williams, Glanville Llewelyn, 1911-1997.
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| ISBN |
0414046137 |
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9780414046139 |
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