(Ebook) Cases & Materials on Criminal Law: Fourth Edition by Mike Molan ISBN 9780415424615, 9780203885833, 0415424615, 020388583X

(Ebook) Cases & Materials on Criminal Law: Fourth Edition by Mike Molan ISBN 9780415424615, 9780203885833, 0415424615, 020388583X

Cases and Materials on Criminal Law provides a comprehensive selection of key materials drawn from law reports, legislation, Law Commission consultation papers and reports, and Home Office publications.Clear and highly accessible, this volume is presented in a coherent structure and provides full coverage of the topics commonly found in the criminal law syllabus. The range of thoughtfully selected materials and authoritative commentary ensures that this book provides an essential collection of materials and analysis to stimulate the reader and assist in the study of this dif. Read more... Cover; CASES AND MATERIALS ON CRIMINAL LAW; Copyright; PREFACE; OUTLINE CONTENTS; DETAILED CONTENTS; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF STATUTES; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LAW: FRAMEWORK AND PROCEDURES; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 WHAT IS CRIMINAL LAW?; 1.3 SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW; 1.4 INTERPRETING CRIMINAL STATUTES; 1.5 CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES; 1.6 THE DECISION TO PROSECUTE; 1.7 ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL LIABILITY -- THE BURDEN AND STANDARD OF PROOF; 1.8 CRIMINAL APPEALS; 1.9 CODIFICATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW; 1.10 THE IMPACT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 ON SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW CHAPTER 2 ACTUS REUS: THE EXTERNAL ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENCE2.1 TERMINOLOGY; 2.2 A STATE OF AFFAIRS AMOUNTING TO AN ACTUS REUS; 2.3 CODIFICATION AND LAW REFORM PROPOSALS; 2.4 ACTUS REUS MUST BE VOLUNTARY; 2.5 CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR OMISSIONS; CHAPTER 3 MENS REA: THE MENTAL ELEMENT; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 MENS REA: INTENTION -- THE BACKGROUND TO THE CURRENT LAW; 3.3 MENS REA -- RECKLESSNESS; 3.4 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MISTAKE; 3.5 CHILDREN AND PROOF OF MENS REA; 3.6 COINCIDENCE OF ACTUS REUS AND MENS REA; 3.7 TRANSFERRED MALICE; 3.8 STRICT LIABILITY; 3.9 CORPORATE BODIES AND PROOF OF MENS REA CHAPTER 4 HOMICIDE4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE ACTUS REUS OF HOMICIDE -- THE VICTIM MUST BE A 'LIFE IN BEING'; 4.3 CAUSATION; 4.4 THE GAP IN TIME BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT'S ACT AND THE VICTIM'S DEATH; 4.5 THE MENS REA FOR MURDER; 4.6 VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER; 4.7 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER: UNLAWFUL ACT MANSLAUGHTER; 4.8 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER: KILLING BY GROSS NEGLIGENCE; 4.9 CAUSING OR ALLOWING THE DEATH OF A CHILD OR VULNERABLE ADULT; 4.10 CODIFICATION AND LAW REFORM PROPOSALS; 4.11 CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER; 4.12 REFORM OF CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER; CHAPTER 5 NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON 5.1 INTRODUCTION5.2 SECTION 18 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 -- WOUNDING OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM WITH INTENT; 5.3 SECTION 20 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 -- MALICIOUS WOUNDING OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM; 5.4 SECTION 47 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 -- ASSAULT OCCASIONING ACTUAL BODILY HARM; 5.5 POISONING; 5.6 COMMON ASSAULT AND BATTERY; 5.7 'STALKING'; 5.8 RACIALLY MOTIVATED ASSAULTS AND HARASSMENT; 5.9 CODIFICATION AND LAW REFORM PROPOSALS; 5.10 CONSENT TO PHYSICAL HARM AS A DEFENCE; CHAPTER 6 SEXUAL OFFENCES; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 RAPE -- THE NEED FOR REFORM 6.3 THE REFORMED OFFENCE OF RAPE6.4 'QUASI-RAPE' -- ASSAULT BY PENETRATION; 6.5 SEXUAL ASSAULT; 6.6 CAUSING A PERSON TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT CONSENT; 6.7 OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13; 6.8 PROTECTION OF CHILDREN BETWEEN 13 AND 16; CHAPTER 7 ACCESSORIAL LIABILITY; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 MODES OF PARTICIPATION: COUNSELLING; 7.3 MODES OF PARTICIPATION: PROCURING; 7.4 AIDING AND ABETTING; 7.5 PRESENCE AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME AND FAILING TO PREVENT THE COMMISSION OF OFFENCES; 7.6 HOW CAN AN ACCOMPLICE WITHDRAW FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMISSION OF AN OFFENCE?