Text, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law

Dr Stuart Macdonald  is Associate Professor of Law at Swansea University. He has taught criminal law for over 15 years and has published widely on criminal justice issues, particularly the regulation of anti-social behaviour and counterterrorism legislation and policy.

Preface xiii

Table of cases xv

Table of European Court of Human Rights cases xxiii

Table of statutes xxiv

Table of statutory instruments xxvii

Table of treaties and other international instruments xxviii

Acknowledgements xxix

 

1 Your criminal law toolkit 1

2 The anatomy of a crime 33

3 Key actus reus concepts 47

4 Key mens rea concepts 83

5 Homicide 117

6 Non-fatal offences against the person 169

7 Sexual offences 216

8 Property offences 265

9 Intoxication 346

10 Mental condition defences 366

11 Substantive defences 395

12 Inchoate offences 445

13 Accessories 491

 

Index 529