Product Description

"Criminal Law" provides a comprehensive and up to date account of a complex subject, incorporating all significant case law and statutory material since the last edition. The book brings a clarity to this subject that is missing in other texts, with the author clearly stating the general principles of criminal law and the current state of law, and guiding students through areas of confusion. The seventh edition has been revised to include important decisions such as the House of Lords in R v K on indecent assault and presumption of mens rea, R v Loosely and A-G's Reference (No.3 of 2000) on entrapment and abuse of process. Numerous Court of Appeal decisions have also been considered such as Dias on causation in relation to manslaughter; Eifinger on the evaluation of medical evidence by the jury on a plea of diminished responsibility; Roach on non-insane automatism; Shayler, and Harmer on duress, Martin on self-defence, Goldman on incitement; R v H on reasonable chastisement; White on racially aggravated assault, and Clark on theft of cheques. New legislation includes Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 and the offence of abuse of a position of trust.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #787021 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 511 pages

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.