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Essays in criminal law in honour of Sir Gerald Gordon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick and Lindsay Farmer ; with contributions by Andrew Ashworth ... [et al.]



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Titolo: Essays in criminal law in honour of Sir Gerald Gordon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick and Lindsay Farmer ; with contributions by Andrew Ashworth ... [et al.] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
Disciplina: 345
Soggetto topico: Criminal law - Scotland
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: GordonGerald H  
ChalmersJames, LLB.  
LeverickFiona  
FarmerLindsay <1963->  
AshworthAndrew  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-347) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Sir Gerald Gordon : an appreciation / by Christopher Gane -- Corroboration and distress : some crumbs from under the master's table / by Lord Hope of Craighead -- Child defendants and the doctrines of the criminal law / by Andrew Ashworth -- Codification of the criminal law / by Eric Clive -- Public and Private Wrongs / by R A Duff and S E Marshall -- The idea of principle in Scots criminal law / by Lindsay Farmer -- A human right to a fair criminal law / by Victor Tadros -- The pain of pleasure : consent and the criminalisation of sado-masochistic 'assaults' / by Sharon Cowan -- The mental element in modern criminal law / by Peter Ferguson -- Theft / by Omission / by Stuart P Green -- Statutory rape and defilement in Ireland : recent developments / by Finbarr McAuley -- Don't look back in anger : the partial Defence of Provocation in Scots criminal law / by Claire McDiarmid -- 'The most heinous of all crimes' : reflections on the structure of homicide in Scots law / by Gerry Maher -- Witness anonymity in the criminal process / by Ian Dennis -- Disclosure appeals : a plea for principle / by Peter Duff -- Crown counsel : from Sir Archibald Alison to Lord Brand / by Robert S Shiels -- The codification of criminal procedure / by J R Spencer -- The summary jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court in Scotland / by T Welsh -- Sir Gerald Gordon : a bibliography / by Shona Wilson.
Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays honours the work of Sir Gerald Gordon CBE QC LLD (1929-). In modern times few, if any, individuals can have been as important to a single country's criminal law as Sir Gerald has been to the criminal law of Scotland. His monumental work The Criminal Law of Scotland (1967) is the foundation of modern Scottish criminal law and is recognised internationally as a major contribution to academic work on the subject. Elsewhere, he has made significant contributions as an academic, judge and as a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Reflecting the academic
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ISBN: 0-7486-5145-4
0-7486-7929-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462175903321
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Serie: Edinburgh Studies in Law EUP