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Ferguson, Pamela R.,

Scots criminal law : a critical analysis / Pamela R. Ferguson, Professor of Scots Law, University of Dandee and Claire McDiarmid, Reader in Law, University of Strathclyde. - Second edition. - 701 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-645) and index.

1. Philosophical Underpinnings
2. Principles of Criminalisation
3. Harming and Offending
4. Fairness and Justice in Criminalisation
5. Procedural Framework and Sources
6. Actus Reus and Mens Rea
7. General Principles of Liability
8. Preventive Offences
9. Homicide
10. Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
11. Sexual Offences
12. Crimes of Dishonesty
13. Other Property-Related Crimes
14. Offences Against the Course of Justice
15. Public Order Offences
16. Offensive Behaviours
17. General Principles of Statutory Offences
18. Business Crime, Regulatory Offences, "White Collar" Crime and Corporate Liability
19. Alibi, Incrimination, Non-Age, Error and Consent
20. Mental Disorder, Unfitness for Trial, Diminished Responsibility, Intoxication and Automatism
21. Coercion, Necessity, Self-Defence, Provocation, Superior Orders and Entrapment
22. The Future Development of Scots Criminal Law
Bibliography
Index

ISBN: 9781845861308 1845861302

LCCN: 2015372262

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal law--Scotland.

LC Class. No.: KDC913 / .F47 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 750 F P S