Cases and Materials on Criminal Law

Product Details:
Author(s):
Burchell, JM
Year Published:
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
The fourth edition of Cases and Materials on Criminal Law includes 26 new extracts covering a range of topics, including the principle of legality, punishment, causation, consent in rape cases, dolus eventualis, knowledge of unlawfulness, common purpose, conspiracy, consensual child sexual experimentation, defamation, robbery, corruption, contempt of court, racketeering and criminal confiscation.
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law is a companion volume to Principles of Criminal Law by Jonathan Burchell (now in its fifth edition, 2016).
Content
Part 1: Introduction
The principle of legality
Punishment
Human rights
Part 2: General principles of criminal liability
Unlawful conduct
Defences excluding unlawfulness
Capacity
Fault (mens rea)
The contemporaneity rule
Criminal liability of corporations
Participation in crime
Anticipatory and incomplete crimes
Part 3: Specific crimes
Crimes against human life
Crimes against the person
Crimes against family life
Crimes against property
Crimes against community interests
Crimes against sexual morality
Crimes against the collective welfare
Crimes against the government of the state
Crimes against the administration of justice
Organised crime
Interest / Benefit to
Law students
Lecturers of criminal law
Judiciary
Advocates
Attorneys
Academics