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Elliott & Quinn’s Criminal Law has been specifically designed to introduce you to the legal principles, cases and statutes at play in this core subject area. Areas of debate, critique of the current law and consideration of reform options are also included throughout making this an ideal text for LLB or GDL who want an accessible and engaging introduction to criminal law.

 

This new edition has been fully updated with all the latest legal developments in the area, including:

 

·    A substantially revised chapter 11 on accomplice liability which has been reworked to reflect the change to the law brought about by R v Jogee and Ruddock (2016);

·    Extensively updated coverage of voluntary manslaughter to reflect decision made in R v Gurpinar (2015), R v Golds (2016), R v Wilcocks (2016) and R v Meanza (2017); and

·    Discussion of the case of R (on the application of Collins) v Secretary of State for Justice (2016) in the context of the householder’s defence in self-defence.

 

Elliott & Quinn's Criminal Law

Preface xix

Table of cases xx

Table of statutes xxvii

Table of treaties xxix

Introduction 1

1 Elements of a crime 13

2 Strict liability 38

3 Murder 54

4 Voluntary manslaughter 79

5 Involuntary manslaughter 108

6 Non-fatal offences against the person 150

7 Sexual offences (by Samantha Pegg) 181

8 Non-fraudulent property offences 218

9 Fraudulent property offences 258

10 Inchoate offences 280

11 Accomplices 308

12 Corporate liability 336

13 General defences 351

Appendix 430

Select bibliography 436

Glossary 449

Index 456