Product Description

Textbook on Criminal Law, now in its tenth edition, has been providing students of criminal law with a readable and reliable introduction to the subject for the past twenty years. Thorough enough that readers can feel confident in their knowledge, yet concise enough not to overwhelm, this book gets the balance between detail and coverage right. This new edition has been totally updated to include all of the latest case law and statutory changes. The author's lively writing style and forthright attitude to judicial and legal decisions means that the text is an entertaining as well as an accurate read. The two colour text design, and highlighted case fact summaries, questions, examples, and key points ensure that the information provided is broken down and easy to digest and comprehend. Further reading sections provide students with a carefully selected starting point for further research. In short, students at degree level or above, studying criminal law for the first time, should not be without this book. Online Resource Centre Regular online updates ensure that the book stays current after publication, and an online chapter on Misuse of Drugs Act Offences ensures that the book caters to a wide variety of courses

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #139993 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 616 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.