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Cases

and Materials on
Criminal Law
Edition: 4th Edition
Publication date: 2016
Author/Editors: Burchell, JM
ISBN: 9781485109365
Format: Soft Cover
Number of Pages: 1432
Retail price: R1,295.00 (incl. VAT, excl.
delivery.)
Website Link: juta.co.za/pdf/24052/

About this Publication:

The fourth edition of Cases and Materials on Criminal Law includes 26 new extracts covering a
range of topics, including the principle of legality, punishment, causation, consent in rape cases,
dolus eventualis, knowledge of unlawfulness, common purpose, conspiracy, consensual child
sexual experimentation, defamation, robbery, corruption, contempt of court, racketeering and
criminal confiscation.
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law is a companion volume to Principles of Criminal Law by
Jonathan Burchell (now in its fifth edition, 2016).
Contents Include:

Part 1: Introduction
The principle of legality
Punishment
Human rights
Part 2: General principles of criminal liability
Unlawful conduct
Defences excluding unlawfulness
Capacity
Fault (mens rea)
The contemporaneity rule
Criminal liability of corporations
Participation in crime
Anticipatory and incomplete crimes
Part 3: Specific crimes
Crimes against human life
Crimes against the person
Crimes against family life
Crimes against property
Crimes against community interests
Crimes against sexual morality
Crimes against the collective welfare
Crimes against the government of the state
Crimes against the administration of justice
Organised crime

Of Interest and Benefit to:

Law students
Lecturers of criminal law
Judiciary
Advocates
Attorneys
Academics

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