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This course reviews the bulk of the general principles of the criminal law of England and Wales and the specific substantive law for offences against the person and property which form its core. Beginning with a consideration of the purposes of the criminal law and an overview of the procedural framework, initial lectures will focus on the fundamental concepts and general principles of liability. These will be illustrated and reviewed in particular by study of the law on homicide and other offences to the person. Study of the general principles of ‘basic’ criminal liability will conclude with an introduction to some issues of capacity and defences. The second part of the lectures will consider in turn the law specific to other core offences ranging from property offences such as criminal damage, theft, fraud and kindred offences of taking and dishonesty through to sexual offences. Time permitting, the focus of the final lectures returns to the general part of the criminal law by considering ‘derivative’ criminal liability, namely liability based on initiation of, or involvement in, criminal activity as accessories or for inchoate offences. Lectures will highlight problems of theory and practice, exploring debates and difficulties arising from current law. Understanding will be supported by opportunities in revision to apply the law to problem scenarios. |
| Literatur |
Students should consider purchasing a reasonably up-to-date copy of one of the many standard student textbooks on English criminal law, such as Nicola Monaghan, Criminal Law, 7th edn, Oxford University Press (2022)
Students will find it helpful to purchase a copy of a criminal law statute book, such as Matthew Dyson (ed.), Blackstone’s Statutes on Criminal Law, 32nd edn, Oxford University Press (2022). Unmarked statute books may be used in the exam. |
