Crime, reason and history : a critical introduction to criminal law
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Crime, reason and history : a critical introduction to criminal law
(Law in context)
Cambridge University Press, 2014
3rd ed
- : hardback
- : pbk.
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [382]-394) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Many books seek to explain the general principles of the criminal law. Crime, Reason and History stands out and alone as a book that critically and concisely analyses these principles and comes up with a different viewpoint: that the law is shaped by social history and therefore systematically structured around conflicting elements. Updated extensively to include two new chapters on loss of control and self defence and with an extended treatment of offence and defence, this new edition combines challenging and sophisticated analysis with accessibility.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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