Scots Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781845861308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 700 str.

Pamela Ferguson;Claire McDiarmid

Opis

An up-to-date, theoretical and critical focus on Scots Criminal Law for students and practitioners
Now in its second edition, Scots Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis provides a clear statement of the current law, focusing on theory and criticism. It also considers what types of behaviours are subject to the criminal law sanction, and why.

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Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Commonly Used Abbreviations; 1: Philosophical Underpinnings; 2: Principles of Criminalisation; 3: Harming and Offending; 4: Fairness and Justice in Criminalisation; 5: Procedural Framework and Sources; 6: Actus Reus and Mens Rea; 7: General Principles of Liability; 8: Preventive Offences; 9: Homicide; 10: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person; 11: Sexual Offences; 12: Crimes of Dishonesty; 13: Other Property-Related Crimes; 14: Offences Against the Course of Justice; 15: Public Order Offences; 16: Offensive Behaviours; 17: General Principles of Statutory Offences; 18: Business Crime, Regulatory Offences, “White Collar” Crime and Corporate Liability; 19: Alibi, Incrimination, Non-Age, Error and Consent; 20: Mental Disorder, Unfitness for Trial, Diminished Responsibility, Intoxication and Automatism; 21: Coercion, Necessity, Self-Defence, Provocation, Superior Orders and Entrapment; 22: The Future Development of Scots Criminal Law; Bibliography; Index.