Criminal Law

Key Facts Key Cases: Criminal Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Criminal Law module with ease. Core topics are presented in each book chapter, using clear subsections, bullet pointed lists, diagrams and flowcharts to make the material as easy to understand and navigate as possible. Chapters are then supported by Key Case sections they ensure you have covered and understand the most important areas of case law for these core topics.

This book explains the facts and associated case law for:

• the important concepts of actus reus, mens rea and strict liability

• the main fatal and non-fatal offences against the person

• a wide range of property offences

• general defences

• the topics of participation and inchoate offences

Auteur

Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years' experience as a practicing barrister and has taught law at all levels.

Series editors: Jacqueline Martin LLM and Chris Turner LLM, who is a Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University.

Contenu

1. Introduction to criminal law 2. Actus reus 3. Mens rea 4. Strict liability 5. Participation 6. Inchoate offences 7. Capacity 8. General defences 9. Mental capacity defences 10. Homicide 11. Non-fatal offences against the person 12. Sexual offences 13. Theft 14. Other offences under the Theft Acts 15. Fraud Act 16. Criminal damage 17. Public order offences