The updated edition of this title provides a practical evaluation of criminal law that no practitioner can afford to be without.
Since the first edition in 1978, it has been acknowledged as the leading treatise on substantive criminal law in the common law world. It is a work of great magnitude and complexity, but it is written in an easy-to-follow style and format to assist practitioners of the law with the sorts of complex issues that arise in appeals. The work covers all the most important offences including white-collar and property offences.
It also includes new chapters on a range of white-collar offences including:
- Company and Personal Insolvency and Bankruptcy Offences;
- Fraudulent Trading;
- Purchasing Own Shares and Financial Assistance to Purchase Shares;
- Offences Concerning Financial Services and Market Manipulation;
- Insider Dealing;
- The Cartel Offence;
- Bribery;
- Corruption and Misconduct in Public Office;
- Forgery;
- False Accounting;
- Identity and Biometric Theft;
- Suppression of Documents;
- Trade Mark and Intellectual Property Offences;
- Tax Offences; and
- Money Laundering
Updates for the 6th edition include:
- New chapters on Terrorism, Foreign Interference and Official Secrets and Public Order Offences
- Comprehensive coverage of the changes introduced by The National Security Act 2023, Online Safety Act 2023 and Public Order Act 2023
