Product Description

Criminal Law 2nd edition is suitable for students of first or second year undergraduate Criminal Law courses. This core text provides coverage of key topic areas as well as extensive analysis and valuation. Modern law courses are increasingly concerned with the effectiveness of criminal law doctrine in delivering criminal justice. This book therefore includes an emphasis on evaluation as well as exposition, helping students to understand the reasons for ambiguity and difference in criminal law doctrine, and to develop the skills necessary for effective analysis.
The series editor Ian Dennis is one of the leading criminal law professors in the UK.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #472041 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 696 pages

From the Back Cover

Longman Law Series

Criminal Law: Doctrine and Theory

Second Edition

William Wilson

Editorial Advisory Board

Professor I.H. Dennis (University College London)

Professor R.W. Rideout (University College London)

Professor J.A. Usher (University of Edinburgh)

Criminal Law: Doctrine and Theory is suitable for students on undergraduate, CPE, and postgraduate courses, providing coverage of key topic areas as well as extensive analysis and evaluation.  It explains the dynamic nature of the law, the reasoning and rationale behind judicial development of the criminal law and the significance of the codification project.  Students will benefit from chapter summaries and hypothetical cases designed to help them navigate their way through this growing and increasingly complex field of law.  Scholars will benefit from the integration of the discussion of the theory underlying the law in a detailed study of substantive criminal law.

The second edition has been fully revised and updated, including the following features:

·        New Section on the Human Rights Act

·        Important new cases taken account of, including, in particular, Woollin (murder and intention); Morgan Smith (provocation); Hinks (theft); B (a minor); K (strict liability); A (conjoined twins) (necessity)

·        Simplified text and structure to some chapters to ensure maximum accessibility of more complex areas

·        Chapters 6 and 18 revised and extended to accommodate new material and insights.

William Wilson is Reader in Criminal Law, Queen Mary, University of London.

Reviews of the first edition

‘The style of the book is approachable and humorous…(The) integration of the discussion of complex theories into an analysis of the case law is particularly impressive … Criminal Law: Doctrine and Theory is a welcome addition to the range of criminal law textbooks… and will no doubt be popular and successful.’

                                                                                         Cambridge Law Journal