Criminal Law, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (July 19, 2024) © 2024

  • William Wilson Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
  • Laura Lammasniemi University of Warwick

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Criminal Law (Longman Law series), 8th Edition, by William Wilson and Laura Lammasniemi, combines coverage of the core legal principles with discussion of the theories and academic debates that underpin the subject. Enhance your understanding of criminal law and make use of the reading references to pertinent academic articles, hypothetical case examples that clarify complex issues, and end-of-chapter summaries.

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Table of contents

Contents in brief

Part I Introduction

  1. Understanding Criminal Law
  2. Decisions to criminalise
  3. Punishment

Part II General principles of criminal liability

  1. Actus reus
  2. Causation
  3. Mens rea
  4. Strict liability
  5. Relationship between actus reus and mens rea
  6. Defences (1): introduction to defences and failure of proof
  7. Defences (2): affirmative defences

Part III Offences against the person

  1. Non-fatal offences
  2. Sexual offences
  3. Homicide

Part IV Property offences

  1. Theft
  2. Fraud and making off without payment
  3. Other property offences
  4. Criminal damage

Part V Inchoate offences and complicity

  1. Inchoate offences
  2. Complicity

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