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A Fingertip Guide to Criminal Law, 5th edition
By Professor J Ross Harper, CBE, MA, LLB, Solicitor and Sheriff Peter Hamilton

A Fingertip Guide to Criminal Law, 5th edition is a practical and concise summary of Scots criminal law. Published in a handy and accessible format, it is an essential source of reference for all criminal court practitioners.

This fully revised and updated new edition incorporates the considerable legislative changes in criminal law in the last ten years, including those brought about by the Scotland Act 1998. All sections of this book have been thoroughly updated and incorporate essential developments in Scottish case law, including those relating to:

  • Offences of Dishonesty
  • Offences against Property
  • Offences against the Person
  • Public Order Defences
  • Offences against the Court



Written by experts in criminal law, this well established text is an indispensable guide for every busy criminal court practitioner.


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ISBN/ISSN: 9781845922924
Publication Date: Mar 08
Format: Paperback
Availability: In Print

  • Description

CONTENTS

Substantive Law

  • Offences of Dishonesty
  • Theft
  • Aggravation of Theft
  • Reset
  • Robbery
  • Fraud
  • Offences against Property
  • Malicious Mischief
  • Fire Raising
  • Offences against the Person
  • Homicide
  • Assault
  • Rape
  • Incest
  • Public Order Offences
  • Breach of the Peace
  • Public Disorder
  • Mobbing
  • Harassment
  • Offences against the Court
  • Contempt of Court
  • Perjury
  • Miscellaneous
  • Road Traffic
  • Misuse of Drugs
  • Offensive Weapons

Principles

  • Art and part guilt
  • Conspiracy
  • Attempt

Procedure

  • Bail
  • Judicial examination
  • Statutory time limits

Special Defences

  • General
  • Alibi
  • Impeachment or incrimination
  • Insanity
  • Self-defence
  • Necessity
  • Coercion

Evidence

  • Admissibility
  • Best evidence
  • Competent evidence
  • Fairly obtained evidence
  • Sufficiency

Sentencing

  • Absolute discharge
  • Admonition
  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Caution
  • Community service order
  • Compensation order
  • Deferred sentence
  • Drug treatment and testing order
  • Fines
  • Imprisonment and detention
  • Offences racially aggravated
  • Probation order
  • Proceeds of crime
  • Restriction of liberty order
  • Sex offender order

 



 
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