
A General View of the Criminal Law of England
James Fitzjames Stephen(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 17. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
518 pages
978-1-108-06093-6 (ISBN)
Description
The jurist Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-94) published this work in 1863 to provide the intelligent layman with a general account of the workings and principles of English criminal law. He begins with a brief sketch of the development of that law from the Anglo-Saxon period onwards. He then covers the current law on criminal responsibility and the classification and definition of specific crimes, before turning to procedure and the rules of evidence. The book helped to establish Stephen's reputation and made possible his appointment as legal member of the Indian viceroy's council in succession to Henry Maine in 1869. Work on its revision for a second edition led Stephen into producing separate and authoritative digests of the law of evidence, criminal law, and criminal procedure, as well as his three-volume History of the Criminal Law of England, published in 1883 and also reissued in this series.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
723 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06093-6 (9781108060936)
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Content
Preface; 1. The province of criminal law; 2. Historical sketch of English criminal law; 3. Definition of crime in general; 4. The classification and definition of particular crimes; 5. Criminal procedure in general; 6. English criminal procedure; 7. The principles of evidence in relation to the criminal law; 8. English rules of evidence; 9. English criminal legislation; Cases; Index.