Content
Pt. 1 General considerations
1. Capacity and choice : the ancient foundations of criminal responsibility
2. Substantive, procedural and proof constraints in the criminal law
3. Intention
4. Recklessness and negligence
5. Fault as to circumstances
6. Strict liability
7. Attributed acts : vicarious liability
8. Corporations; exceptions to strict liability
9. The external elements of an offence
10. Causation
pt. 2 The protection of the person
11. Non-fatal offences against the person
12. Sexual aggression
13. Murder
14. Involuntary manslaughter
15. The foetus and the new-born child
pt. 3 Complicity and inchoate liability
16. Complicity
17. Attempt
18. Conspiracy
19. Other inchoate offences
pt. 4 Defences
20. Ignorance of law and superior orders
21. Intoxication
22. Discipline and authority
23. Private and public defense
24. Loss of control
25. Necessity
26. Consent and entrapment
27. Duress and coercion
28. Automatism
29. Criminal capacity and insanity
30. Diminished responsibility
pt. 5 The protection of property
31. Theft
32. Fraud
33. Miscellaneous frauds and forgery - 34. Robbery and similar offences
35. Blackmail
36. Burglary
37. Handling stolen goods
38. Damage and trespass
pt.6. White-collar crimes
39. Companies, finance markets and insolvency offences
40. Bribery and corruption
41. Copyright and trademark offences
42. Cybercrimes and artificial intelligence
43. Tax offences and social security fraud
44. Money laundering and the proceeds of crime

The updated edition of this title provides a practical evaluation of criminal law that no practitioner can afford to be without. Since the first edition in 1978, it has been acknowledged as the leading treatise on substantive criminal law in the common law world. It is a work of great magnitude and complexity, but it is written in an easy-to-follow style and format to assist practitioners of the law with the sorts of complex issues that arise in appeals. The work covers all the most important offences including white-collar and property offences. This edition covers the entirety of the general part including complicity, inchoate offences, and the relevant defenses. It also covers a very wide range of special part offences against the person including homicide and all the sexual offences as set out in 71 sections of the Sexual Offences Act. Furthermore, it deals with offences concerning Extreme Pornography and Child Pornography. Other offences against the person covered include Aggravated Assault, Harassment, Stalking, Abduction and Kidnapping, Female Genital Mutilation, Neglect and Ill-treatment of Children and of Mental Patients, Causing or Allowing Harm to Children and Vulnerable Adults, Neglect by Care Workers, Coercive and Controlling Behavior, Forced Marriages and Bigamy, Spreading Infectious Diseases and Taking Hostages and Torture. It also includes new chapters on a range of white-collar offences including:* Company and Personal Insolvency and Bankruptcy Offences; * Fraudulent Trading; * Purchasing Own Shares and Financial Assistance to Purchase Shares; * Offences Concerning Financial Services and Market Manipulation; * Insider Dealing; * The Cartel Offence; * Bribery; * Corruption and Misconduct in Public Office;* Forgery;* False Accounting;* Identity and Biometric Theft;* Suppression of Documents;* Trade Mark and Intellectual Property Offences; and * Money Laundering. In addition, it covers all the property offences and provides a sophisticated and nuanced analysis of each. ---provided by publisher