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Zusatztext Padfield gets to the heart of the matter! engaging in excellent critique! and giving extremely useful in-text quotations from cases! and comments on academic articles. Informationen zum Autor Nicola Padfield is a Reader in Criminal and Penal Justice at the Law Faculty and Master of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. A qualified barrister, she has published widely on criminal law and criminal justice and is a Bencher of the Middle Temple. Klappentext A concise yet authoritative introduction to the subject, Criminal Law offers a stimulating account of the key topics in this area of law, illustrated through numerous case summaries. Exposition of the most recent case law and academic commentaries ensures a solid grounding in the core areas of a complex subject. Zusammenfassung A concise yet authoritative introduction to the subject, Criminal Law offers a stimulating account of the key topics in this area of law, illustrated through numerous case summaries. Exposition of the most recent case law and academic commentaries ensures a solid grounding in the core areas of a complex subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The conduct element of a crime 3: Criminal states of mind 4: Incapacitating conditions 5: General defences 6: Accomplices 7: Inchoate offences 8: Homicide 9: Crimes of non-fatal violence 10: Sexual offences 11: Theft, fraud, and other property offences 12: Criminal damage and public order offences
