Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law

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Theory and Doctrine

J. J. Child A. P. Simester J. R. Spencer F. Stark G. J. Virgo(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 15. September 2022

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Intro
Preface
Contents
Expanded table of contents
Abbreviations
Table of cases
Table of legislation
Table of international instruments
1 Criminal Law: Definition and Ambit
§ 1.1 A search for definition
§ 1.2 Ambit
§ 1.3 The structure of a criminal offence
2 The Rule of Law and the European Convention on Human Rights
§ 2.1 No conviction without criminalisation
§ 2.2 Retrospective crimes
§ 2.3 Fair warning
§ 2.4 Fair labelling
§ 2.5 The European Convention on Human Rights
3 Interpretation and Proof
§ 3.1 Statutory interpretation
§ 3.2 The burden of proving actus reus and mens rea
4 The Actus Reus
§ 4.1 The behaviour element
§ 4.2 Consequences: the need for causation
§ 4.3 The requirement of voluntariness
5 Mens Rea
§ 5.1 Intention
§ 5.2 Recklessness
§ 5.3 Why distinguish intention from recklessness?
§ 5.4 Knowledge
§ 5.5 Negligence
§ 5.6 Other mens rea states
§ 5.7 "Transferring" mens rea
§ 5.8 Concurrence
6 Strict and Constructive Liability
§ 6.1 Recognition of strict liability in a statutory offence
§ 6.2 The availability of common law defences
§ 6.3 The justification of strict liability
§ 6.4 Taking the middle ground: strict liability in the Commonwealth
§ 6.5 The correspondence principle, moral luck, and constructive liability
7 Secondary Participation
§ 7.1 The possibility of derivative liability
§ 7.2 Modes of participation
§ 7.3 The principal
§ 7.4 Secondary parties who assist or encourage crime
§ 7.5 Secondary parties pursuant to common unlawful purpose ("joint enterprise"
"parasitic accessory liability")
§ 7.6 General principles applying to all secondary parties
§ 7.7 Do we need complicity?
8 Vicarious and Corporate Liability
§ 8.1 Vicarious liability
§ 8.2 Corporate liability
9 The Inchoate Offences
§ 9.1 Incitement
§ 9.2 Encouraging and assisting a crime
§ 9.3 Conspiracy
§ 9.4 Attempt
§ 9.5 Impossibility and inchoate offences
§ 9.6 Jurisdiction and inchoate offences
10 Homicide
§ 10.1 Death and liability
§ 10.2 Homicide defined
§ 10.3 Murder
§ 10.4 Manslaughter
§ 10.5 The partial defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility
§ 10.6 Involuntary manslaughter
§ 10.7 Reform of the law of homicide
§ 10.8 Infanticide
§ 10.9 Causing the death of a child or vulnerable adult
§ 10.10 Suicide, encouraging or assisting suicide, and suicide pacts
11 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
§ 11.1 Assault and battery
§ 11.2 Assault
§ 11.3 Battery
§ 11.4 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
§ 11.5 Maliciously wounding or infliction of grievous bodily harm
§ 11.6 Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent
§ 11.7 Transmitting diseases and infection
§ 11.8 The defence of chastisement
§ 11.9 The defence of consent
§ 11.10 Harassment
§ 11.11 Racial and religious aggravation
§ 11.12 Reforming the law of violence
12 The Principal Sexual Offences
§ 12.1 Non-consensual sexual offences: common elements
§ 12.2 Common element 1: sexual conduct
§ 12.3 Common element 2: the absence of consent
§ 12.4 Common element 3: intentional performance or causing of conduct
§ 12.5 Common element 4: the absence of a reasonable belief in consent
§ 12.6 Rape
§ 12.7 Assault by penetration
§ 12.8 Sexual assault
§ 12.9 Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
§ 12.10 Consensual sexual offences
§ 12.11 Child sex offences
§ 12.12 "Abuse of trust
§ 12.13 "Familial child sex offences
§ 12.14 Sex with an adult relative
§ 12.15 Jurisdiction
13 Theft
§ 13.1 Property, rights, and justice
§ 13.2 The definition of theft
§ 13.3 Property
§ 13.4 Belonging to another (I)-the basics
§ 13.5 Belonging to another (II): extensions in the Act and in equity
§ 13.6 Appropriation
§ 13.7 Intention permanently to deprive
§ 13.8 Dishonesty
§ 13.9 Jurisdiction over Theft Act offences
14 Related Offences
§ 14.1 Handling stolen goods
§ 14.2 Laundering
§ 14.3 Robbery
§ 14.4 Burglary
§ 14.5 Criminal damage
§ 14.6 Aggravated criminal damage and arson
§ 14.7 Preliminary offences
15 Fraud
§ 15.1 Statutory fraud-general
§ 15.2 Common elements: "dishonesty" and "intent to make a gain or cause a loss
§ 15.3 Fraud by false representation: section 2
§ 15.4 Fraud by failing to disclose information: section 3
§ 15.5 Fraud by abuse of position
§ 15.6 Possessing, making and supplying articles for use in frauds
§ 15.7 Dishonestly obtaining services
§ 15.8 Making off without payment
§ 15.9 Conspiracy to defraud
§ 15.10 Specific offences of fraud
§ 15.11 Forgery and false accounting
16 The Moral Limits of Criminalisation
§ 16.1 The Harm Principle
§ 16.2 The Offence Principle
§ 16.3 Legal Moralism
§ 16.4 Paternalism
§ 16.5 Negative grounds for intervention: regulatory alternatives
§ 16.6 Negative grounds for intervention: the rule of law
§ 16.7 Negative grounds for intervention: practical constraints
17 Defences: An Overview
§ 17.1 "Failure of proof" versus "supervening" defences
§ 17.2 Justification and excuse
§ 17.3 Burden of proof
§ 17.4 The defences to be considered--an outline scheme
18 Failure of Proof
§ 18.1 Ignorance and mistake of fact
§ 18.2 Ignorance and mistake of law
§ 18.3 Intoxication
§ 18.4 Overlapping explanations: intoxication, automatism, and insanity
19 Irresponsibility Defences
§ 19.1 Insanity at trial
§ 19.2 Insanity defence
§ 19.3 Infancy
20 Defences of Circumstantial Pressure
§ 20.1 Duress by threat
§ 20.2 Duress of circumstances
§ 20.3 Defence for slavery or trafficking victims
§ 20.4 Superior orders
§ 20.5 Impossibility
§ 20.6 Entrapment
21 Permissible Conduct
§ 21.1 Consent
§ 21.2 Self-defence and the prevention of crime
§ 21.3 Defence of property
§ 21.4 Necessity
22 Defences and Blame: Some Observations
§ 22.1 Some things defences cannot do
§ 22.2 Some things the defences fail to do
§ 22.3 Defence doctrine and judicial creativity
Bibliography
Index

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