Landmark Cases in Criminal Law

by Philip Handler (Editor), Henry Mares (Editor), Ian Williams (Editor)

Overview

Criminal cases raise difficult normative and legal questions, and are often a consequence of compelling human drama. In this collection, expert authors place leading cases in criminal law in their historical and legal contexts, highlighting their significance both in the past and for the present.

The cases in this volume range from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Many of them are well known to modern criminal lawyers and students; others are overlooked landmarks that deserve reconsideration. The essays, often based on extensive and original archival research, range over a wide spectrum of criminal law, covering procedure and doctrine, statute and common law, individual offences and general principles. Together, the essays explore common themes, including the scope of criminal law and criminalisation, the role of the jury, and the causes of change in criminal law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509909315
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/04/2017
Series:	Landmark Cases
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	765 KB

About the Author

Philip Handler is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Manchester.
Henry Mares is John Thornely Fellow, and Director of Studies in Law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Ian Williams is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Laws at University College London.
Henry Mares is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.


Photograph of author courtesy of University of Cambridge.
Ian Williams is Associate Professor of Law at University College London, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Landmark Cases and Wider Themes in Criminal Law
Philip Handler, Henry Mares and Ian Williams
2. The Carrier's Case (1473)
Ian Williams
3. R v Saunders and Archer (1573)
John Baker
4. R v Jones (1703)
Simon Stern
5. R v Bembridge (1783)
Jeremy Horder
6. R v Shipley (1784): The Dean of St Asaph's Case
K Crosby
7. M'Naghten's Case (1843)
Arlie Loughnan
8. R v Flattery (1877)
Rebecca Williams
9. DPP v Beard (1920)
Philip Handler
10. R v Jordan (1956)
David Ibbetson
11. Shaw v DPP (1961)
Henry Mares
12. DPP v Morgan (1975)
Lindsay Farmer
13. Whitehouse v Lemon, Whitehouse v Gay News Ltd (1979)
J R Spencer
14. R v Hancock and Shankland (1986)
Matthew Dyson
15. R v Howe (1987)
Findlay Stark
16. R v Brown (1993)
Jonathan Herring

Editorial Reviews

Overall, this book provides well-crafted explanations for key concepts that developed from cases in the British criminal law system and practiced in Commonwealth countries ... an interesting read and a valuable addition to the reference literature for both academics and practitioners who wish to view from a fresh angle the classic textbook cases that they thought they knew very well.” —Hyo Won Kang, New Jourbanal of European Criminal Law

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