Criminal Law

Key Facts Key Cases: Criminal Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Criminal Law module with ease. Core topics are presented in each book chapter, using clear subsections, bullet pointed lists, diagrams and flowcharts to make the material as easy to understand and navigate as possible. Chapters are then supported by Key Case sections they ensure you have covered and understand the most important areas of case law for these core topics.

This book explains the facts and associated case law for:

• the important concepts of actus reus, mens rea and strict liability
• the main fatal and non-fatal offences against the person
• a wide range of property offences
• general defences
• the topics of participation and inchoate offences