Landmark Cases in Criminal Law

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Synopsis

Criminal cases raise difficult normative and legal questions, and are often a consequence of compelling human drama. In this collection, expert authors place leading cases in criminal law in their historical and legal contexts, highlighting their significance both in the past and for the present.The cases in this volume range from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Many of them are well known to modern criminal lawyers and students; others are overlooked landmarks that deserve reconsideration. The essays, often based on extensive and original archival research, range over a wide spectrum of criminal law, covering procedure and doctrine, statute and common law, individual offences and general principles. Together, the essays explore common themes, including the scope of criminal law and criminalisation, the role of the jury, and the causes of change in criminal law.

Book details

Series:
Landmark Cases
Author:
Philip Handler, Henry Mares, Ian Williams
ISBN:
9781509909315
Related ISBNs:
9781849466899
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-01-17
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Philip Handler, Henry Mares, Ian Williams 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction