Product Description

The ninth edition of Textbook on Criminal Law continues to closely match the coverage requirements of criminal law courses. The concise and lively writing style adopted brings clarity to the subject without compromising accuracy and detail. The popularity of the book lies in its engaging analysis that draws the student in, displaying a welcome lack of restraint when challenging the decisions of the judiciary or the legislature. The author draws on his considerable teaching and examining experience to make complex areas easily understable through a straightforward and jargon free approach that helps students feel comfortable with the subject, whilst encouraging wider debate on the underlying principles. Students studying criminal law for the first time are provided with the ideal balance of coverage and detail that makes the subject accessible. The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering twice-yearly updates to key cases and legislation, and an additioanl chapter: Misuse of Drugs Act Offences.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #102001 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 558 pages

Review
This book is extremely thorough and covers all the relevant subjects for the study of criminal law in admirable detail. One could therefore be confident as a student that purchasing the book would equip you for all eventualities. Diana Bretherick, British Society of Criminology Newsletter 2006 - on a previous edition

About the Author
Michael Allen is a Commissioner at the Criminal Cases Review Commission and was formerly Professor of Law at Newcastle Law School.

Customer Reviews

Excellent guide to the subject
Criminal Law is a subject many people find fascinating, but with quite a few tricky concepts lurking in the syllabus, it can sometimes be difficult to get to grips with the key issues.

This book is highly recommended to those studying Criminal Law - I used an earlier edition during my first year at university and found it very easy to read and follow. You do not feel, for this straightforward style, that you are missing out on the detail - the author's coverage of the key cases is really superb - and this is a subject where you will need to know those cases! There is no needless waffle here - just the principles you need to understand to do well.

Excellent Book, for Both A-level and undergraduates
An excellent text and well worth buying especially for those doing the OCR A-level syllabus in the UK. I used it almost exlusively for my A level studies and found it both clear and concise, and yet it never lacked in detail or insight.

So boring it is hard to follow
Boring, boring, boring. I like criminal law. It was my best subject last year but how can one textbook take such an interesting subject and make it duller than the dullest old dullard in five minutes flat? Every thing that was really exciting in lectures was reduced to horrid old grey slop in this book. I'd made some notes in the margin (that's because there isn't enough detail either) so I couldn't get my money back so I just bought another textbook to replace it so that my will to live and my interest in criminal law wouldn't be evaporated by this book. People, there are much better books out there so go and buy one.