Full Description
Criminal Law Directions is the most student-friendly guide to the subject: empowering students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidence.
An accessible and highly readable guide to criminal law, offering contextual knowledge, details of key cases, and supportive critical evaluation of the law.
Key Features
The Directions series has been written with students in mind. As they approach the subject for the first time, this book will help them:
Gain a balanced understanding of the topic: the right amount of detail conveyed clearly
Understand the law in context: with scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts the practical importance of the law becomes clear
Identify when and how to critically evaluate the law: the key areas of debate are set out, with support to confidently question the law
Direct and consolidate knowledge: self-testing features aid understanding and help students tackle assessments with confidence
Elevate learning: inspiring students to take their learning to the next level, the author provides direction on going further
Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
Digital formats and resources
Criminal Law Directions is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats; the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-test questions with instant feedback, guidance on answering the end of chapter questions, flashcard glossary, web links, figures and tables from the book, functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks .
Contents
1: Introduction to criminal law
2: Actus reus
3: Mens rea
4: Strict liability
5: Murder and voluntary manslaughter
6: Involuntary manslaughter
7: Non-fatal offences against the person
8: Sexual offences
9: Theft
10: Other offences against property
11: Fraud
12: Drugs offences
13: Defences I: incapacity and negating the elements of the offence
14: Defences II: general defences
15: Inchoate offences
16: Accessorial liability
17: Study skills
