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Beginning Criminal Law

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Chapter 1

The Times Law Reports is an excellent source of reported case law.

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/reports/

In order to gain an understanding of these early concepts of criminal law, one should read issues concerning criminal cases, procedure or sentencing in the broadsheet newspapers. Tabloid newspapers are not a reliable source. If you are a University student then making use of electronic sources and finding case law and/or relevant articles is a recommended start to any study of the criminal law. If you do not have access to electronic sources, you will find all you need in a good law library.

Chapter 2

Criminal Damage Act 1971 – recklessness – distinction between damage caused by fire and damage otherwise caused – [1997] Crim LR 524–26

Endangering life by destroying or damaging property – [1997] Crim LR 382–95

Chapter 3

Link to the case of R v Kennedy (2007)

www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldjudgmt/jd071017/kenny-1.htm

Link to manslaughter guidance (refers to Stone and Dobinson)

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/law-report-manslaughter-guidance-regina-v-prentice-and-others-court-of-appeal-criminal-division-lord-taylor-of-gosforth-lord-chief-justice-mr-justice-henry-and-mr-justice-blofeld-20-may-1993-2324245.html

 D Morgan, ‘The Greatest Danger’ (1992) 142 NLJ 1652 (New Law Journal)

J C Smith, ‘Casenote on “Cheshire”’ [1991] Crim LR 709 (Criminal Law Review)

Chapter 4

Law Commission Report (No. 304) on ‘Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide’ published in 2006.

www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc304.pdf

‘Academic may face manslaughter charge over girl’s Ecstasy death’, The Times, 12 August 2012

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3495460.ece

‘Colliery manager arrested over flood deaths of four miners’, The Times, 19 October 2011

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3198393.ece

The Times Law Reports, R v Evans (Gemma)

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/reports/article2219000.ece

Chapter 5

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009, www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/contents

‘Battered women who kill to be main beneficiaries as homicide law changes’, The Guardian 30 September 2010, www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/sep/30/murder-law-reform

‘Victim’s Infidelity can count as murder’, The Times, 18 January 2012 www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article3289915.ece

Chapter 6

Link to the case of R v Hasan (2005)

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200405/ldjudgmt/jd050317/hasan.pdf

The Law Commission’s Report No 314 on intoxication and criminal liability.

http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc314_Intoxication_and_Criminal_Liability_report.pdf

Chapter 7

A brief note from the Law Commission announcing the beginning of a project to overhaul offences against the person at the end of 2013

http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/areas/offences-against-the-person.htm

link to the full case judgement of R v Brown and the issue of consent to harm

http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1992/7.html

Chapter 8

The Law Commission’s report on consent in Sexual Offences.

http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/Consent_in_Sex_Offences.pdf

Comment by a leading criminal barrister about the case fo anonymity for rape suspects

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/17/rape-ukcrime

Chapter 10

House of Commons Justice Committee on the current law and criticisms of the doctrine of Joint Enterprise.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmjust/1597/159705.htm

Crown Prosecution Service guidance on the charging of inchoate offences in England and Wales

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/h_to_k/inchoate_offences/