Criminal Law Directions

Criminal Law Directions offers the most student-friendly guide to the subject; a considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique, it empowers students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidence.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction to criminal law


• 2: Actus reus


• 3: Mens rea


• 4: Strict, vicarious, and corporate liability


• 5: Murder and voluntary manslaughter


• 6: Involuntary manslaughter


• 7: Non-fatal offences against the person


• 8: Sexual offences


• 9: Theft


• 10: Other offences against property


• 11: Fraud


• 12: Drugs offences


• 13: Defences I: incapacity and negating the elements of the offence


• 14: Defences II: general defences


• 15: Inchoate offences


• 16: Accessorial liability


• 17: Study skills

About the author

Nicola Monaghan, Principal Lecturer in Law, University of Worcester

Summary

Criminal Law Directions offers the most student-friendly guide to the subject; a considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique, it empowers students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidence.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Monaghan, Nicola (Principal Lecturer in Law Monaghan, Monaghan Nicola
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780192855374
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285537-4
• No. of pages: 536
• Series: Directions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Wales / Cymru