Crime, reason and history : a critical introduction to criminal law / Alan Norrie.
By: Norrie, Alan W. (Alan William) [author.].
Series: Law in context.Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, ©2014Edition: Third edition.Description: xxxiv, 415 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521516464 (hardback); 0521516463 (hardback); 9780521731683 (paperback); 0521731682 (paperback).Subject(s): Criminal law -- Great Britain | Criminal law -- Great Britain -- History | Criminal law -- Philosophy | LAW / Criminal Law / GeneralGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | KD7850 .N67 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019470 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-394) and index.
Contradiction, critique and criminal law -- The historical context of criminal doctrine -- Motive and intention -- Recklessness -- Strict and corporate liability -- Acts and omissions -- Causation -- Necessity and duress -- Insanity and diminished responsibility -- Self-defence -- Loss of control -- Sentencing -- Conclusion.
"It is eight years since the first edition of this book was published. Where relevant, I have sought to update the argument with new case and statute law. I have also developed the analysis, especially in Chapter 3, where a closer link between the two main sections, on motive and intention and indirect intention, is established"--