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1. Aims, themes, and structure
Martin Partington
in Introduction to the English Legal System 2019-2020 (14th edn)
This chapter sets out the basic aims, themes, and structure of this book. The book provides an introductory account of the English legal system, how it has developed in recent years, and ...
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11. Criminal Damage
Jonathan Herring
in Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (9th edn)
This chapter discusses the law and theory on criminal damage. Criminal damage involves the defendant intentionally or recklessly destroying or damaging property belonging to another. The ...
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2. Criminal law history
Jeremy Horder
in Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law (9th edn)
This chapter explores aspects of the criminal law’s history. The main focus is the influence of religious—and, especially, biblical—thought on the criminal law. This influence does ...
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9. Defences of compulsion
Janet Loveless, Mischa Allen, and Caroline Derry
in Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (7th edn)
This chapter focuses on legal defences to criminal offences in Great Britain that will result in acquittal, which include duress and duress of circumstances, necessity, compulsion, public ...
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9. Inchoate offences
Jonathan Herring
in Criminal Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide (7th edn)
Each Concentrate revision guide is packed with essential information, key cases, revision tips, exam Q&As, and more. Concentrates show you what to expect in a law exam, what examiners are ...
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4. Interaction of actus reus and mens rea
John Child and David Ormerod
in Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Essentials of Criminal Law (3rd edn)
This chapter focuses on the interaction between actus reus and mens rea in proving criminal liability. It first considers how actus reus and mens rea relate to one another within the ...
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1. Introduction to criminal law
Nicola Monaghan
in Criminal Law Directions (6th edn)
Without assuming prior legal knowledge, books in the Directions series introduce and guide readers through key points of law and legal debate. Questions, diagrams, and exercises help ...
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1. An introduction to the criminal law
David Ormerod and Karl Laird
in Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Criminal Law (15th edn)
It is neither easy to define crime nor identify the aims of criminal law but some characteristics may be universal to every crime, including that it involves public wrongs and moral wrongs. ...
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23. Mental conditions
David Ormerod and Karl Laird
in Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Text, Cases, & Materials on Criminal Law (13th edn)
This chapter considers the ways in which the criminal law treats people suffering from mental disorders. The following controversies are examined: when an individual can be regarded as ...
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7. Parties to crime
Michael J. Allen and Ian Edwards
in Criminal Law (15th edn)
Course-focused and comprehensive, the Textbook on series provides an accessible overview of the key areas on the law curriculum. This chapter discusses the meaning of accomplices, vicarious ...
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