Smith & Hogan's essentials of criminal law / John Child and David Ormerod

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
1.1.Focusing on the substantive criminal law
1.2.Sources of the substantive criminal law
1.3.The internal structure of offences and defences
1.4.The principles of the substantive criminal law
1.5.The subjects of the substantive criminal law
1.6.Reform
1.7.Eye on assessment
2.Actus reus
2.1.Introduction
2.2.Separating actus reus and mens rea
2.3.Actus reus elements
2.4.Categories of offences
2.5.Summary
2.6.Omissions liability
2.7.Causation
2.8.Reform
2.9.Eye on assessment
3.Mens rea
3.1.Introduction
3.2.Mens rea in context
3.3.Voluntary act requirement
3.4.Mens rea terms
3.5.Objectifying `subjective' mens rea terms
3.6.Non-conventional mens rea terms
3.7.Reform
3.8.Eye on assessment
4.Interaction of actus reus and mens rea
4.1.Introduction
4.2.Interaction within the structure of an offence
4.3.Interaction within the application of an offence
Contents note continued: 4.4.Reform
4.5.Eye on assessment
5.Murder
5.1.Introduction
5.2.Defining murder
5.3.Actus reus of murder
5.4.Mens rea of murder
5.5.Defences to murder
5.6.Reform
5.7.Eye on assessment
6.Manslaughter
6.1.Introduction
6.2.Voluntary manslaughter
6.3.Involuntary manslaughter
6.4.Statutory offences of unlawful killing
6.5.Reform
6.6.Eye on assessment
7.Non-fatal offences against the person
7.1.Introduction
7.2.Assault and battery
7.3.Defences to assault and battery
7.4.OAPA 1861, s47: assault occasioning actual bodily harm
7.5.OAPA 1861, s20: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm
7.6.OAPA 1861, s18: wounding, or causing grievous bodily harm with intent
7.7.Sections 47, 20, and 18: alternative verdicts
7.8.Defences to sections 47, 20, and 18
7.9.Conduct-focused offences against the person
7.10.Reform
7.11.Eye on assessment
8.Sexual offences
8.1.Introduction
Contents note continued: 8.2.SOA 2003, s1: rape
8.3.SOA 2003, s2: assault by penetration
8.4.SOA 2003, s3: sexual assault
8.5.SOA 2003, s4: causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
8.6.Sexual offences against children under 13 years
8.7.Sexual offences against children under 16 years
8.8.Status and relationship-based sexual offences
8.9.Reform
8.10.Eye on assessment
9.Property offences
9.1.Introduction
9.2.Theft
9.3.Robbery
9.4.Burglary
9.5.Handling stolen goods
9.6.Blackmail
9.7.Criminal damage
9.8.Reform
9.9.Eye on assessment
10.Fraud
10.1.Introduction
10.2.FA 2006, s2: fraud by false representation
10.3.FA 2006, s3: fraud by failure to disclose information
10.4.FA 2006, s4: fraud by abuse of position
10.5.FA 2006, s11: obtaining services dishonestly
10.6.Fraud preparation offences
10.7.Related fraud and deception offences
10.8.Reform
10.9.Eye on assessment
Contents note continued: 11.General inchoate offences
11.1.Introduction
11.2.Criminal attempts
11.3.Conspiracy
11.4.Assisting or encouraging
11.5.Double inchoate liability
11.6.Substantive offences in an inchoate form
11.7.Reform
11.8.Eye on assessment
12.Parties to crime
12.1.Introduction
12.2.Principal or accomplice?
12.3.Complicity by aiding, abetting, counselling, or procuring
12.4.Complicity by joint enterprise
12.5.The relationship between complicity and inchoate liability
12.6.Defences
12.7.Reform
12.8.Eye on assessment
13.Denials of an offence
13.1.Introduction
13.2.Intoxication
13.3.Sane automatism
13.4.Insanity as a denial of mens rea
13.5.Combining intoxication, automatism, and insanity
13.6.Reform
13.7.Eye on assessment
14.General defences
14.1.Introduction
14.2.Insanity as a defence
14.3.Duress by threats
14.4.Duress by circumstances
14.5.Public and private defence

Includes bibliographical references and index.