Scottish Criminal Law Essentials

Your user-friendly study and revision guide to Scots criminal law, written specially for students by a law lecturer with over 20 years of teaching experience This clear and up-to-date study and revision guide draws on the Claire McDiarmid's extensive experience of teaching criminal law to new Scots law students. The new edition takes account of changes to the law in Defences, Homicide, Crimes against Public Order and Sexual Offences. Summary sections of Essential Facts and Essential Cases at the end of each chapter will help students to identify, understand and remember the key elements of the subject. Changes to the law covered by the 3rd edition * Defences: Mental disorder, unfitness for trial * Homicide: wicked recklessness, diminished responsibility * Crimes against public order: threatening or abusive behaviour; stalking; offensive behaviour at regulated football matches and threatening communications * Sexual offences: Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 "This clear and up-to-date study and revision guide draws on the Claire McDiarmid's extensive experience of teaching criminal law to new Scots law students. The new edition takes account of changes to the law in Defences, Homicide, Crimes against Public Order and Sexual Offences. Summary sections of Essential Facts and Essential Cases at the end of each chapter will help students to identify, understand and remember the key elements of the subject."-- Provided by publisher

This clear and up-to-date study and revision guide draws on the Claire McDiarmid's 20 years of experience teaching criminal law to new Scots law students. The new edition takes account of changes to the law in Defences, Homicide, Crimes against Public Order and Sexual Offences. Summary sections of Essential Facts and Essential Cases at the end of each chapter will help students to identify, understand and remember the key elements of the subject.

Contents Table of Cases Table of Statutes 1 The Development of the Scottish System 2 Mental and Behavioural Elements 3 Crimes Against Property 4 Crimes of Dishonesty 5 Art and Part Liability 6 Inchoate Crime 7 Defences 8 Assault 9 Non-Fatal Crimes of Recklessness Against the Person 10 Homicide 11 Crimes Against Public Order 12 Crimes Against the Course of Justice 13 Sexual Offences 14 Statutory Offences Index Examines the influence of classical philosophy on revenge narratives by Shakespeare and his contemporaries