An edition of Criminal law
(2002)
Criminal law
4th ed.
by Alan Reed
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Providing an account of criminal law, explaining the principles and how the law operates in practice, this book focuses on topics common to most law courses including murder, offences against the person/property. It sets out the conceptual basis of criminal liability and includes hypothetical examples.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
What this book is about, and what it is not about
The purposes of criminal law
Classifying criminal offences and the structure of the courts
The significance of proof
2.Actus Reus and Mens Rea: The Elements of an Offence
Actus Reus
The need for voluntary conduct
Liability for failing to act
Causation
Mens Rea
Coincidence of actus reus and mens rea
Transferred malice
Mistake as a defence to crime
3.Strict Liability
Who created this genre of crimes?
How can crimes of strict liability be identified?
Modern principles for strict liability
Defences to offences of strict liability
Why do we have crimes of strict liability at all?
4.Parties to Criminal Offences
Principal and Secondary Offenders
The principal or perpetrator
Secondary parties
Joint enterprise
The need for an actus reus
Victims as parties to an offence
Note continued: Repentance by a secondary party before the crime is committed
Reforming the law on complicity and joint enterprise
Assistance given after the commission of the crime
Vicarious and Corporate Liability
Vicarious liability
Corporate liability
5.General Defences
The Mentally Abnormal Offender: Insanity and Unfitness to Plead
The defences of insanity and diminished responsibility
The mentally abnormal offender: general reading
Intoxication
Intoxication: general reading
Self-defence, Necessity and Duress
Necessity
Duress
Infancy
Entrapment
Superior Orders
6.The Inchoate Offences
Attempts
General principles
Actus reus
Mens rea
Are all attempted offences crimes of specific intent?
Attempting the impossible
Acts of preparation
Encouragement or Assistance
Conspiracy
The actus reus in conspiracy
The mental element in conspiracy
Impossibility
Territorial jurisdiction
Note continued: 7.Offences Against the Person
Who can commit an offence against the person?
Who can be the victim of an offence against the person?
Unlawful Homicide
Murder and Manslaughter
The penalty for murder and manslaughter
The actus reus of murder and manslaughter
The mens rea of murder
Reforming the Law of Murder
Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter
Voluntary Manslaughter
The nature of provocation
Self-induced provocation
The dual test for provocation
Reform
Provocation: general reading
Involuntary Manslaughter
Unlawful act manslaughter
Gross negligence manslaughter
Further categories of involuntary manslaughter?
The future of involuntary manslaughter
Other Unlawful Homicides
Suicide
Infanticide
Causing death by dangerous driving
Homicide: general reading
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
The general framework
Common assault
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
Note continued: The offences under sections 20 and 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Miscellaneous notes on offences against the person
Consent as a defence to offences against the person
Future reforms of the offences against the person and consent
Sexual Offences
General
Rape
Assault by penetration
Sexual Assault
Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
Sections 5 to 8: Offences against children under 13
Child sex offences
8.Offences Against Property I
Stealing under the Theft Act 1968
Theft
The actus reus of theft
The mens rea of theft
Conditional intention
9.Offences Against Property II
Fraud Under the Fraud Act 2006 and Other Offences Under The Theft Acts
The Fraud Act 2006
Obtaining services dishonestly
Ancillary offences under the Act
Making Off Without Payment
Robbery
Summary
Burglary
Entry
As a trespasser
A building
Part of a building
Note continued: Mens rea
Aggravated Burglary
Making Unwarranted Demands with Menaces: Blackmail
There must be a demand
The demand must be accompanied by menaces
The demand must be made with a view to gain for the maker or another, or with intent to cause loss to another
The demand must be unwarranted
Handling
The actus reus of handling
The mens rea of handling
Summary on handling
Miscellaneous Provisions
Offences of temporary deprivation
Abstracting electricity
Business frauds
Advertising rewards
Going equipped for stealing
Restitution and compensation
10.Offences Against Property III
Criminal Damage
The basic offence
Aggravated damage
Arson
Threatening to destroy or damage property (section 2)
Possession of anything with intent to damage or destroy property (section 3)
The defence of lawful excuse.
Edition Notes
Previous edition: / Alan Reed and Peter Seago. 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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