Textbook on Criminal Law covers all of the topics studied on undergraduate, CPE, and GDL criminal law courses, combining exposition of the current state of the law with academic critique, and providing the ideal balance of coverage and detail.
79, 80 Cox v Riley (1986) 83 Cr App R 54 ... 573, 574, 575 CPS v P [2007] EWHC 946 (Admin) ... 132 Cramp (1880) 5 QBD 307 ... 419 Croft [1944] 1 KB 295 ... 252 Cuddy (1843) 1 Car & Kir 210 ... 391 Cugullere (1961) 45 Cr App R 108 .
This accessible text enables criminology and criminal justice students to understand and critically evaluate criminal law in the context of criminal justice and wider social issues.
gives a statement that Payton is the drug dealer, not him, and that Payton had borrowed his car and must have put the ten kilos into his car. Harris says he knew Payton, Rakas, and Dunaway sold cocaine, but again says that he was there ...
Case excerpts and detailed case summaries, used to highlight important principles of criminal law, are featured throughout the text.
Textbook of Criminal Law
... had previously been convicted of heroin smuggling under the name of Virginia Cardenas and was currently on probation. ... A second search of Consuelo-Gonzalez's handbag revealed two coin purses, inside of which the agents found two ...
Similarly, Ormerod and Laird argued that if, having regard to the direction given to the jury at trial, the defendant would not (applying the law as stated in Jogee) have been convicted of murder or manslaughter then that should surely ...
London: Reeves & Turner. Morgan v. State. 1982. 415 So.2d 6 (Fla.). Moriarty, Daniel G. 1989. “Extending the Defense of Renunciation.” Temple Law Review 62. Morissette v. U.S. 1952. 342 U.S. 246. Morris, Herbert. 1976.
Expert authors provide an introduction to the definitions and elements of the various crimes and defenses, integrating both the common law and the Model Penal Code. Subjects covered include offenses...
With a focus on the current state of the law and on contemporary problems that matter to students, all presented in way that piques curiosity and interest, this book will cover topics such as hate crime, free speech, human trafficking, ...