Text, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law

Text, Cases, and Materials on Criminal Law provides a comprehensive account of criminal law and its principles, with selected extracts, practical activities, self-test questions, and further reading lists. It has been updated with recent legal developments and is written by Professor Stuart Macdonald, an experienced criminal law teacher.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 624 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2018
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited

Text, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law offers a comprehensive and engaging account of criminal law and its underlying principles and policies. It includes a range of carefully selected extracts to help students become accustomed to reading court judgments, legislation, official reports, and academic writings. Dedicated questions also aid in analyzing each extract and developing critical thinking skills.

A variety of features are designed to make the reading experience as interesting and active as possible. These include:

Chapter objectives: At the start of each chapter, there are clear objectives, and checklists at the end to help students assess their progress.

Practical activities: These activities allow students to apply the knowledge gained to scenario-based problems, developing their legal skills.

Self-test questions: These questions consolidate the material studied, providing an opportunity to apply the knowledge in a test-like environment.

Further reading lists: These lists provide students with additional resources to explore key issues in greater depth.

This new edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest legal developments in the area, including significant cases such as R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8 and R v Johnson [2016] EWCA Crim 1613 on joint enterprise and the Law Commission's scoping report on non-fatal offences against the person.

Stuart Macdonald is Professor of Law at Swansea University. With over 15 years of teaching experience in criminal law, he has published widely on criminal justice issues, particularly the regulation of anti-social behavior and counterterrorism legislation and policy.

Weight: 1198g
Dimension: 189 x 246 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781292219929
Edition number: 2 ed