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Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Text, Cases, & Materials on Criminal Law is a thorough and accessible guide to criminal law, providing invaluable extracts from key cases, statutes, and expert articles, which have been carefully selected to illuminate the core of criminal law. Ormerod and Laird expertly guide the reader through the various facets of the law while posing stimulating questions for students to investigate further and reflect upon.
This book provides the law student with everything they need to develop a thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.
Digital formats and resourcesThe thirteenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The
e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- This book is accompanied by a selection of
online resources, including detailed annual updates, useful web links, and outline answer guidance to selected in-text questions.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The elements of a crime
- 3: Causation
- 4: Omissions
- 5: Fault
- 6: Strict liability
- 7: Murder
- 8: Voluntary manslaughter
- 9: Involuntary manslaughter
- 10: Non-fatal offences against the person
- 11: Sexual offences
- 12: Theft
- 13: Robbery
- 14: Burglary and related offences
- 15: Fraud
- 16: Related offences in the Theft Acts 1968 and 1978
- 17: Offences of damage to property
- 18: Parties to offences
- 19: Attempt
- 20: Conspiracy
- 21: Assisting and encouraging: Serious Crime Act 2007, Part 2
- 22: General defences
- 23: Mental conditions
- 24: Intoxication
- 25: Liability of corporations
About the author
Professor David Ormerod QC is Professor of Criminal Justice at University College London and a Deputy High Court Judge.
Karl Laird is a Stipendiary Lecturer and Tutor in Law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He has also taught at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge, and at the LSE. He is a Barrister.
Summary
Ormerod and Laird present a thorough yet accessible student guide to the criminal law, supported by a wealth of key extracts from judgments, statutes, reports, and academic articles.
Additional text
Ormerod and Laird ensure that the Smith & Hogan books retain their authority and clarity.
