This textbook covers the Criminal Law option of the A-level law syllabus, and provides an ideal introduction for anybody coming to the subject for the first time. Criminal Law covers all A-level syllabuses/specification requirements, and is written by the principal examiner and principal assistant examiner in Criminal Law for one of the major examination boards. It contains extensive case illustration, and a range of examination related questions and activities. There is a special focus on key skills, and on the new synoptic assessment syllabus requirements. This fully updated third edition builds upon the success of the first two editions. It: provides coverage of OCR and AQA specifications is endorsed by OCR for use with the Criminal Law option includes new OCR synoptic assessment source materials (for use in examinations in June 2005) with additional guidance discusses new legislation and cases including Sexual Offences Act 2003, Andrews, Bollom, G and R, Rowland, Safi and others, Weller, Z.
Florida Criminal Law is the first text to provide a comprehensive examination of crimes and defenses in Florida.
This edition also contains extensive updates to reflect the latest changes in statutory and case law; notably, revisions related to narcotics law, juvenile offenses, forgery and counterfeiting.
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 ...
This bestselling text covers both foundational and emerging legal topics, such as terrorism, gangs, cybercrime, and hate crimes, in a student-friendly and approachable manner.
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The full text of all excepted cases in the book is available on the website.
Plenty of cases for citation, quotations and journal extracts are provided to illustrate and expand upon the text.
In the 1972 case of Furman v. Georgia, death penalty laws in all states were struck down as “arbitrary and capricious” by the U.S. Supreme Court.28 The Court found that the imposition of the death sentence varied greatly from case to ...
... 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 ...
This book is an updated abridgement of LaFave and Scott's two volume, Substantive criminal law, in West's criminal practice series.