Crime, Reason and History - A Critical Introduction to Criminal Law

Informationen zum Autor Alan Norrie is Head of School and Professor in the School of Law at the University of Warwick. Klappentext This book provides a challenging, alternative, critical approach to every other text which deals with the criminal law's general principles. Zusammenfassung Crime! Reason and History critically analyses the general principles of criminal law and offers a different viewpoint: that the law is systematically structured around conflicting elements. Updated to include two new chapters with an extended treatment of offence and defence! this new edition combines challenging and sophisticated analysis with accessibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Context: 1. Contradiction, critique and criminal law; 2. The historical context of criminal doctrine; Part II. Mens Rea: 3. Motive and intention; 4. Recklessness; Part III. Actus Reus: 6. Acts and omissions; 7. Causation; Part IV. Defences: 8. Necessity and duress; 9. Insanity and diminished responsibility; 10. Self defence; 11. Loss of control; Part V. Concluding: 12. Sentencing; 13. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Norrie, Alan (University of Warwick) Norrie, Norrie Alan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2014
• EAN: 9780521516464
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51646-4
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Law in Context; Law in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Law, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, Criminal law: procedure and offences