Criminal Law (3rd Edition) (McGraw-Hill Law Essentials Series · Facsimile Edition)

Author: Jonathan Herring
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Publish Date: 2003-01-28
Features: This book explains the basic principles of English common law in plain language, and in terms of the choice of argumentative approach, it fully reflects the "spirit of common law." First, it does not discuss general criminal theory but instead distributes these issues within specific crime analyses. This strategy of avoiding the emptiness of grand narratives and grounding theoretical seeds in solid judicial practice is noteworthy. At the same time, this approach also prevents the potential drawbacks of purely analyzing cases. Second, in the discussion of specific crimes, it fully combines substantive rules of law with procedural provisions.