Essentials of Criminal Law


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ESSENTIALS OF CRIMINAL LAW, 11/e is an easy-to-read, clear, and comprehensive introduction to criminal law for criminal justice majors and non-majors at all levels. Avoiding overly complex issues, it explains key principles through real-world examples, so they can be easily and quickly understood. Thoroughly reviewed and revised for even greater clarity and relevance, this edition contains multiple examples from drawn from The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code. Even more than previous editions, it goes beyond a pure "law enforcement" orientation, offering a broader and more all-encompassing approach to criminal law. This edition also contains extensive updates to reflect the latest changes in statutory and case law; notably, revisions related to narcotics law, juvenile offenses, forgery and counterfeiting.




Essential Criminal Law


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Essential Criminal Law, Second Edition equips students with a foundational and practical understanding of criminal law in the United States, as well as encourages strong legal reasoning skills for students with no prior exposure to case law. Award-winning professor and bestselling author Matthew Lippman guides students through the complexities of the legal system using thought-provoking examples of real-life crimes and legal defenses, along with highly approachable case analyses. Updated with the most current developments in criminal law and public policy, the Second Edition takes students beyond the classroom and prepares them to apply criminal law in today’s legal world.




Criminal Justice


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Revised edition of the authors' Criminal justice, 2013.




Smith & Hogan Criminal Law


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A companion to Smith and Hogan: Criminal Law this work provides all thenecessary materials; cases, statutes, reports, extracts from books and articles,for an in-depth study of the general principles of criminal law. This editionhas been updated to incorporate new legislation such as the Sexual Offences Act2003 and relevant new case law.




Essentials of Criminal Law


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Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Essentials of Criminal Law


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'Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Essentials of Criminal Law' takes students to the heart of this fascinating subject, providing focused, expert coverage alongside a wealth of student-friendly learning features to aid study.




Smith & Hogan's Essentials of Criminal Law


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Smith and Hogan's Essentials of Criminal Law combines the authority you would expect from a Smith and Hogan title with succinct coverage and a wealth of student friendly learning features to aid study.




Essentials of Criminal Law


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Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Essentials of Criminal Law


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Introduction -- Actus reus -- Mens rea -- Interaction of actus reus and mens rea -- Murder -- Manslaughter -- Non-fatal offences against the person -- Sexual offences -- Property offences -- Fraud -- General inchoate offences -- Parties to crime -- Denials of an offence -- General defences