Full Description
This is an essential book for the busy
criminal lawyer and for students of criminal
law. Concise, practical appreciation of how
the law works is combined with analysis of
the reasoning behind decisions. Casebook
on Scottish Criminal Law brings together all
the important cases in one volume.
Contents
Part I: General principles of criminal responsibility
*General characteristics and sources of Scottish criminal law
*The anatomy of a crime
*The Actus reus: acts, omissions and states of affairs
*The mental element in crime
*Strict liability, vicarious liability and corporate liability
*Inchoate offences
*Art and part
*Defences
*Causation
Part II: Offences against the person
*Assault
*Reckless injury and reckless endangerment
*Miscellaneous offences against the person
*Sexual offences
*Homicide and related matters
Part III: Offences against property interests
*Theft, embezzlement and temporary deprivation
*Robbery and extortion
*Fraud, forgery and uttering
*Housebreaking, opening lockfast places and preparatory offences
*Reset
*Damaging and destroying property
Part IV: Offences against public interests
*Offences against public order and decency
*Offences against the course of justice
