Amy Elkington

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Morals and Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Morals and Policy goes beyond the traditional criminal law textbook and invites students to question why we criminalise certain behaviour and whether the decisions made by the courts can be justified according to legal principle, morals and policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781032527833
• ISBN-10: 1032527838
• Artikelnr.: 72700294

Autorenporträt

Amy Elkington is a Senior Lecturer in Law who manages the undergraduate and postgraduate Law programmes at the University of Chichester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. The Nature of Criminal Law 2. Principles of Criminal Law
3. Voluntary Actions, Causation and Causing Euthanasia 4. Omissions and a
Good Samaritan Law 5. Murder, Mens Rea, and Blameworthiness 6. Defining
Dishonesty 7. Consent and the Restriction of Personal Autonomy 8. Consent,
Sexual Offences and Strict Liability 9. Committing Crime whilst Intoxicated
10. Protecting the Sanctity of Human Life 11. Discouraging Gang Activity
12. Loss of Control and Sexual Infidelity 13. Domestic Homicide and
Coercive Control 14. Imposing Corporate Liability. Index