
Card and English on Police Law
Richard Card(Author)
Oxford University Press
16th Edition
Published on 14. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
1092 pages
978-0-19-286616-5 (ISBN)
Description
This well-respected and highly regarded book provides straightforward coverage of all aspects of law and police procedure that affect the community at large. It is comprehensive, easy to understand, and suitable for all readers, including those with no formal legal training. Police Law meets the reference needs of thousands of police officers, and provides an excellent source of information for members of the public wishing to refer to a legal text written in an accessible way. It is a practical volume for everyday use, which police officers and others working and studying in this area will find invaluable.
This edition has been fully updated. In addition to a host of amendments to pre-existing legislation, new bodies of statute law, such as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, and the Assault on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018, are dealt with. Case law developments are also described, as are revisions to the PACE Codes.
Introduced into the body of the new edition is content covering public service vehicles, good vehicles, animals, birds, and plants, and game.
Police Law is accompanied by a companion website with regular chapter updates on new legislation
and case law, as well as further content to that in the text.
This edition has been fully updated. In addition to a host of amendments to pre-existing legislation, new bodies of statute law, such as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, and the Assault on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018, are dealt with. Case law developments are also described, as are revisions to the PACE Codes.
Introduced into the body of the new edition is content covering public service vehicles, good vehicles, animals, birds, and plants, and game.
Police Law is accompanied by a companion website with regular chapter updates on new legislation
and case law, as well as further content to that in the text.
More details
Edition
16th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 158 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 64 mm
Weight
1676 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-286616-5 (9780192866165)
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Person
Richard Card is Emeritus Professor of Law and former Head of De Montfort Law School, De Montfort University, Leicester. He has written and lectured extensively in a number of areas of law, particularly criminal law, and is the author of Card, Cross, and Jones' Criminal Law.
Content
- PART I: POLICE LAW, POWERS AND PROCEDURE
- 1: Introductory Matters
- 2: Police Officers, Staff and Volunteers
- 3: Elements of Criminal Procedure
- 4: Police Powers
- 5: Police Questioning and the Rights of Suspects CHAPTER 6
- 6: Treatment, Charging and Bail of Detainees
- 7: Identification Methods
- 8: The Law of Criminal Evidence
- PART II: PROTECTING PEOPLE
- 9: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
- 10: Homicide and Related Offences
- 11: Sexual Offences
- 12: Indecent Images, Material and Communications
- 13: Protection of Vulnerable People
- PART III: PROTECTING PEOPLE
- 14: Offences against Property
- 15: Cyber-Crime and Computer Misuse
- 16: Animal Welfare and Protection
- PART IV: PROTECTING COMMUNITIES
- 17: Nuisances
- 18: Preserving the Peace
- 19: Preventing Harm from Firearms, Weapons and Explosives
- 20: Preventing Harm from Drugs and Alcohol
- 21: Terrorism Generally
- 22: Preserving the Administration of Justice and Probity
- PART V: POLICING ROADS AND VEHICLES
- 23: Roads and Vehicles: General Provisions
- 24: Regulation and Responsibilities of Drivers
- 25: Regulation of Vehicles
- 26: Responsible Use of Vehicles