TY  - BOOK
AU  - Norrie,Alan W.
TI  - Crime, reason and history: a critical introduction to criminal law 
T2  - Law in context
SN  - 9780521516464 (hardback)
AV  - KD7850 .N67 2014
U1  - 345.41 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Criminal law
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - LAW / Criminal Law / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-394) and index; Contradiction, critique and criminal law -- The historical context of criminal doctrine -- Motive and intention -- Recklessness -- Strict and corporate liability -- Acts and omissions -- Causation -- Necessity and duress -- Insanity and diminished responsibility -- Self-defence -- Loss of control -- Sentencing -- Conclusion
N2  - "It is eight years since the first edition of this book was published. Where relevant, I have sought to update the argument with new case and statute law. I have also developed the analysis, especially in Chapter 3, where a closer link between the two main sections, on motive and intention and indirect intention, is established"--
ER  -