Wells, Celia.

Lacey, Wells and Quick Reconstructing criminal law : text and materials / Reconstructing criminal law Celia Wells, Oliver Quick. - 4th ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xlvii, 894 p. ; 26 cm. - Law in context series . - Law in context. .

Rev. ed. of: Reconstructing criminal law / Nicola Lacey, Celia Wells, Oliver Quick. 3rd ed. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Images of criminal law -- Criminal laws in context -- Foundations of criminal law -- Social and political constructions of disorder -- Securing order : pre-emptive measures -- Public order : control mechanisms -- Criminal law and justice : emerging themes -- Offences against the person -- Drug and alcohol abuse : legal constructions of a social problem -- Offence preparation and participation -- Defining and defending private property -- Constructing property in criminal law -- Property rights and criminal enforcement -- The social construction of sexuality and bodily autonomy -- Sexual violence -- Regulating sexuality -- Criminalising healthcare choices -- The social construction of violence and personal harm -- The criminal regulation of public safety -- Homicide : boundary issues -- Murder and manslaughter.

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Criminal law--England.

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