Published 1982
by Butterworth in Durban, Woburn, MA .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | by P.J. Visser and J.P. Vorster. |
| Contributions | Vorster, J. P. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | LAW |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xxv, 523 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 523 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3242966M |
| ISBN 10 | 0409061182 |
| LC Control Number | 83158293 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 10435482 |
About the Book. Criminal Law uses a two-step process to augment learning, called the applied approach. First, after building a strong foundation from scratch, Criminal Law introduces you to crimes and defenses that have been broken down into separate components. It is so much easier to memorize and comprehend the subject matter when it is simplified this way/5(15). First published in , Bishop's is the only American book in the field that has conspicuously influenced our criminal law. When Jerome Hall's, General Principles of Criminal Law () appeared, it represented the first significant effort to articulate the principles of criminal law since Bishop's era. general principles of the criminal law. Our focus in this chapter is on the general principles of the criminal law, the features that are common to all crime and help explain the criminal law’s distinctive character. Relying on Professor Hall’s framework, we examine the following general principles that underlie and help. The principle of criminal law called the double jeopardy rule is that no person should be punished more than once for the same offence and that no person ought to be placed twice in jeopardy (at risk) of being convicted. This means that a person who has been charged, tried and acquitted cannot be charged again for the same chevreschevalaosta.com: Leah Marrone.
Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials, Ninth Edition Kent Roach Faculty of Law, University of Toronto We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. In recognition of the increasingly contextual nature of criminal. Jonathan Burchell is a professor of criminal law and the head of the department of criminal justice at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of The Law of Defamation in South Africa, Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression, Principles of Delict, and South African Criminal Law and chevreschevalaosta.coms: 2. As Visser and Maré note ‘conduct in the criminal law refers not only to action or inaction, but to such action or inaction in all the relevant circumstances of the particular proscription in question’ (PJ Visser & MC Maré Visser & Vorster's General Principles of Criminal Law Through the Cases 3rd ed () 46). Use of prescribed books Snyman’s Criminal Law contains a discussion of both general principles and specific crimes, and therefore covers the syllabi of both modules in Criminal Law. The second prescribed work, namely the Criminal Law Case Book, is, as the name indicates, a collection of the most important judgments on criminal law. Court.
General Principles of Criminal Law. Excerpt. This book, first published in , was written to elucidate the basic ideas of criminal law in the light of current knowledge and to organize that law in terms of a definite theory. In the preparation of this edition, I have tried to . Cover title: Visser & Vorster's general principles of criminal law through the cases. Description: xii, pages ; 24 cm: Other Titles: Visser & Vorster's general principles of criminal law through the cases: Responsibility: by P.J. Visser and J.P. Vorster, M.C. Maré. Get this from a library! General principles of criminal law through the cases. [P J Visser; J P Vorster]. It provides notes and important cases on criminal law.
