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Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials 9th Revised edition

Paperback by Loveless, Janet (Former Senior Lecturer in Law, Former Senior Lecturer in Law, London Metropolitan University); Allen, Mischa (Associate Lecturer in Law, Associate Lecturer in Law, The Open University); Derry, Caroline (Professor in Law, Professor in Law, The Open University)

Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials

£54.99

ISBN:
9780198936732
Publication Date:
18 Jun 2025
Edition/language:
9th Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
768 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 - 24 Oct 2026
Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials

Description

Concepts, cases, and commentary combine to stimulate active learning, critical thinking, and perceptive analysis. Complete Criminal Law offers students a carefully blended combination of the concepts and cases of criminal law, accompanied by insightful commentary - a combination designed to encourage critical thinking, stimulate analysis, and promote a complete understanding. Key features: - Clear explanations of the legal concepts that underpin the subject give students a strong base on which to build - Extracts from cases and primary materials show at first hand the law at work and will deepen understanding - Thought-provoking thinking points that help develop the ability to analyse and critically evaluate the law - Review questions and self-testing tools will help consolidate knowledge and give students the confidence to perform well in assessments New to this edition: - A further level of sub-headings has been added, to improve structure and navigation throughout. - The offence of non-fatal strangulation or suffocation (s 75A Serious Crime Act 2015, inserted by s 70 Domestic Abuse Act 2021), now in force, is considered in detail. - Changes introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 including a new offence of failing to prevent fraud. Digital formats and resources The 9th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with multiple-choice questions, answer guidance to problem questions and thinking points, extra exam-style questions, functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

Contents

1: Introduction to the criminal justice system 2: Actus reus: the conduct element 3: Mens rea: blameworthy states of mind 4: Murder and voluntary manslaughter 5: Involuntary and corporate manslaughter 6: Defences of incapacity and mental conditions 7: Defences of compulsion 8: Non-fatal offences against the person 9: Sexual offences 10: Property offences 1: theft, robbery, burglary, and handling 11: Property offences 2: fraud and other property offences 12: Inchoate offences 13: Secondary participation: parties to a crime

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