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

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Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
Descriptionxix, 356 p. : ports. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Criminal law--Scotland.

Other author/creatorGordon, Gerald H.
Other author/creatorChalmers, James, 1976-
Other author/creatorLeverick, Fiona.
Other author/creatorFarmer, Lindsay, 1963-
Other author/creatorAshworth, Andrew.
SeriesEdinburgh studies in law ; v. 8
Edinburgh studies in law ; v. 8. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 341-347) and index.
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