LW601 Advanced Level Criminal Law | University of Kent

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120 items

Core text (3 items)

Criminal law - De Than, Claire, Heaton, Russell, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read)

Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Andrew Ashworth and Jeremy Horder

Students should also purchase a Statutes book for Criminal Law as you will be able to take this statute book into the examination as long as it is clean (there can be highlighting but no writing at all).

Additional texts. (6 items)

Criminal law: doctrine and theory - William Wilson, Dawsonera, 2011 Book | Core (Must Read) | E-Book

Criminal law: doctrine and theory - Wilson, William, Dawsonera, 2011 Book | Suggested for student purchase

Criminal law: text, cases, and materials - Jonathan Herring, 2014 Book | Core (Must Read) | Other editions available

Smith and Hogan's: text, cases, and materials on criminal law - D. C. Ormerod, J. C. Smith, Brian Hogan, D. C. Ormerod, Karl Laird, ©[2014 Book | Core (Must Read) | Other editions held

Criminal law - Nicola Padfield, 2014 Book | Core (Must Read) | other editions held

Lacey, Wells and Quick Reconstructing criminal law: text and materials - Wells, Celia, Quick, Oliver, Lacey, Nicola, 2010 Book | Core (Must Read) | other editions held

Topic 1: Criminal Justice System (2 items) Corresponds to: Lectures: Weeks 1 and 2, Seminar 1: Weeks 2

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Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 1

Criminal law - De Than, Claire, Heaton, Russell, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 1

Topic 2: Morality and Harm (8 items) Corresponds to: Lectures: Weeks 2 and 3, Seminar 1: Weeks 3 and 4

Required Reading: (4 items)

Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 2: Criminalization

- Brown (1993) 2 All E.R 75; [1994]1 A C 212 (HL)

Guidance on finding cases can be found here: http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects/lawlinks/researching-the-law/case-law.html

And any two of the following cases:

- Wilson (1996) Crim.L.R, 573; [1997] QB 47

- Emmett, The Times, October 15, 1999

- ADT v UK, The Times, August 08, 2000, No.35765/97 ECHR; [2000] Crim L R 1009;

- Barnes [2004] EWCA Crim 3246 (re sports)

Further Reading (11 items)

a) Unlawful Act (4 items)

Newbury (1976) 2 All E.R 365 Mitchell (1983) 2 All E.R 427 Church (1965) 2 All E.R 72 Lamb (1967) 2 All E.R 1282 R v A [2005] All ER (D) 38 Jul Goodfellow (1986) Crim.L.R 468

On Legislating the Criminal Code: Involuntary Manslaughter. Law Commission Report No. 237’ - G Slapper, 1996 Article | Background (Could Read)

Is the Supplier also the Killer? - L Toczek, 2002 Article | Background (Could Read)

Drug Suppliers as Manslaughterers (again) - Ormerod, Fortson, 2002

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Article | Background (Could Read)

b) Recklessness and Gross Negligence (7 items)

Adomako (1994) 3 All E.R 79 Wacker [2003] Crim L R 108; [2003] QB 1203 Willoughby [2004] EWCA Crim 3365 Evans (Gemma) [2009] EWCA Crim 650 Bateman (1925) All E.R 45 Andrews (1937) 2 All E.R 552 Litchfield (1998) Crim.L.R 507 Singh (Gurphal) (1999) Crim.L.R 582 Lidar (2000; unreported; see Law Commission paper No. 177, A New Homicide Act for England and Wales?, para. 3.55, December 2005) Misra [2004] EWCA Crim 2375

Background reading

Liability for Manslaughter by Omission: Don't Let the Baby Drown! - Catherine Elliott, 2010-04 Article | Background (Could Read)

Medical Manslaughter: Why This Shift from Tort to Crime? - R Wheeler, 2002 Article | Background (Could Read)

Should the crimes of murder and manslaughter be abolished? Part One - Tennant, 2003 Article | Background (Could Read)

Manslaughter – administration of insulin with consent of deceased causing death - Rees, Ormerod, 2003 Article | Background (Could Read)

A new homicide act for England and Wales?: a consultation paper - Great Britain, 2005 Book | Background (Could Read)

Topic 5: Offences Against the Person (9 items) Lectures: Weeks 9 & 10 Seminar 5: Weeks 13 & 14 (January, 2014)

Required Reading: (3 items)

Criminal law - De Than, Claire, Heaton, Russell, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 4: Non-fatal Offences, pp90-127

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Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 8, pp309-334

Dica [2004] EWCA Crim 1103

Chan-Fook (1994) 2 All E.R 552

Background (6 items)

Savage and Parmenter (1991) 4 All E.R 698

Brown (1993) 2 All E.R 75

Ireland (1997) 4 All E.R 225

Richardson (1999) Crim.L.R 62

Bollom(2004) 2 Cr App R 290

Brady [2006] EWCA Crim 2413

Mandair (1994) 2 All E.R 715

Richardson & Irvine (1999) 1 Cr App R 392

Konzani [2005] EWCA Crim 706

Banton (2007) EWCA Crim 1847

R v Golding [2014] EWCA Crim 889

'Assault: R v Ireland & R v Burstow', (1997) Crim.L.R 810-812

Horder, 'Reconsidering Psychic Assault', (1998) Crim.L.R 392

Commentary on OAPA by Genders, (1999) Crim.L.R 689-701

Weait, M., "Knowledge, Autonomy and Consent: R v Konzani" [2005] Crim L R 763

Ramage, S 'The criminal offence of causing infection of HIV virus' Crim. Law. 2008, 187, 2-7

Assault: R v Ireland & R v Burstow - 1997 Article | Background (Could Read) | 'Assault: R v Ireland & R v Burstow', (1997) Crim.L.R 810-812

Reconsidering Psychic Assault - J Holder, 1998 Article | Background (Could Read) | Horder, 'Reconsidering Psychic Assault', (1998) Crim.L.R 392

Commentary on OAPA by Genders - 1999

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Article | Background (Could Read) | Commentary on OAPA by Genders, (1999) Crim.L.R 689-701

Knowledge, Autonomy and Consent: R v Konzani - M Weait, 2005 Article | Background (Could Read)

The criminal offence of causing infection of HIV virus - S Ramage, 2008 Article | Background (Could Read)

Topic 7: Defences (19 items) (Weeks 15/16, corresponds to lectures in weeks 13 and 14)

Defences (2 items)

Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | pp 86-94, 116-129, 137-146.

Criminal law - De Than, Claire, Heaton, Russell, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | pp 229-239; 241-281.

a. Mistake and intoxication (1 items)

· Cole (1993) Crim.L.R 300

· Egan (1992) 4 All E.R 470

· Hardie (1984) 3 All E.R 848

· Kimber (1983) 3 All E.R 316

· Kingston (1994) 3 All E.R 353

· Majewski (1977) A.C. 443

· O'Grady (1987) 3 All E.R 420

· Williams (1987) 3 All E.R 411

· Groark (1999) Crim.L.R 669

· Richardson and Irwin (1999) Crim.L.R 494

· Heard [2007] EWCA Crim 125

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Background (4 items)

Intoxication and criminal liability: the Law Commission’s proposed reforms - Gough, 1996 Article | Background (Could Read)

Intoxication and criminal liability - Boland, 1996 Article | Background (Could Read)

Reforming the Laws of Intoxication - 1999 Article | Background (Could Read)

Alcoholism and Criminal Liability - J Tolmie, 2001 Article | Background (Could Read)

b. Duress and Necessity (1 items)

· Gotts (1992) 1 All E.R 832

· Howe (1987) 1 A.C. 417

· Lynch (1975) A.C. 653

· Martin (1989) 1 All E.R 652

· Shepherd (1987) Crim.L.R 686

· Flatt (1996) Crim.L.R 576

· Symonds (1998) Crim.L.R. 280

· Backshall (1999) Crim.L.R 662

· R v Abdul-Hussain, R v Aboud, R v Hasan, R v Naji, R v Muhssin, R v Hoshan(1999) Crim.L.R 570

· Cairns (1999) Crim.L.R. 826

· A (Children) (Conjoined Twins), op. cit.

· Safi [2003] Crim L R 721 (CA)

· Ali [2008] EWCA Crim 716

Background (5 items)

Duress and Steadfastness: In pursuit of the Unintelligible - Smith, 1999

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Article | Background (Could Read)

Necessary Action: A New Defence - CMV Clarkson, 2004 Article | Background (Could Read)

Direct Action and the Defence of Necessity - S Gardener, 2005 Article | Background (Could Read)

The Structure of Criminal Defences - W Wilson, 2005 Article | Background (Could Read)

Necessity, Private Defence and the Killing of Mary - J Rogers, 2001 Article | Background (Could Read)

c) Automatism & Insanity (1 items)

· M'Naughten (1843) 10 Clark & Fin 200 (you can just look for this case online – it is everywhere!)

· G's Ref No 2 of 1992 (1993) 4 All.E.R 683

· Bailey (1983) 2 All.E.R 503

· Bratty (1961) 3 All.E.R 523

· Burgess (1991) 2 All.E.R 769

· Hennessy (1989) Crim.L.R 356

· Quick & Paddison (1973) 3 All.E.R 347

· Sullivan (1983) 2 All.E.R 673

· Rashford [2005] EWCA Crim 3357

· Hatton [2005] EWCA Crim 2951

d) Self-defence and excessive force (5 items)

· A.G.'s Ref. No.2 of 1983 (1984) 1 All E.R 988

· Clegg (1995) 1 All E.R 334

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· Scarlett (1993) 4 All E.R 629

· Taylor [2004] EWCA Crim 2293

· Owino [1995] Crim L R 743

· Smith, 'Duress and Steadfastness: In pursuit of the Unintelligible', (1999) Crim.L.R 363

· Case comment on DPP v Brown, (1999) Crim.L.R 416-417

· Leverick, F. 'English Self-Defence Law Incompatible with Article 2 of the ECHR?' [2002] Crim. LR 347

· Rogers, J, "Necessity, Private Defence and the Killing of Mary", [2001] Crim L R 515.

Duress and Steadfastness: In pursuit of the Unintelligible - Smith, 1999 Article | Background (Could Read)

Case comment on DPP v Brown - 1999 Article | Background (Could Read) | Case comment on DPP v Brown, (1999) Crim.L.R 416-417

English Self-Defence Law Incompatible with Article 2 of the ECHR? - F Leverick, 2002 Article | Background (Could Read)

Necessity, Private Defence and the Killing of Mary - Rogers, 2001 Article | Background (Could Read)

Seminar 8: Sexual Offences (7 items) Lectures: Weeks 15 and 16 Seminar 9: Week 18 and 19

Required Reading (3 items) (total each student should read = textbooks, one article and two cases)

Criminal law - De Than, Claire, Heaton, Russell, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 5: Sexual Offences, (pp 128-147)

Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 8 pp 335-366.

- Cases: There are a number of important cases relating to the law of sexual offences and you need to research and identify which are the important cases. This can be done by using your core text book and listening to the lectures. This will also help to develop your skills on research and independent learning. You should prepare a list of the important

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cases relating to the law of rape and the precedent they provide– perhaps starting back in 1991 with the case of R v R.

Background Reading: (4 items)

Intoxicated Consent in Rape: Bree and Juror Decision-Making - Philip N. S. Rumney, Rachel Anne Fenton, 2008-03 Article | Background (Could Read)

The Concept of Consent under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 - Elvin, 2008 Article | Background (Could Read)

The Sexual Offences Act 2003: Rape, Sexual Assaults and the Problem of Consent - J Temkin, A Ashworth, 2004 Article | Background (Could Read)

The Sexual Offences Act 2003: Child and Family Offences - Spencer, 2003 Article | Background (Could Read)

Seminar 9: Theft and Fraud (18 items) (Weeks 20 and 21. Corresponds to lectures in weeks 19 and 20)

Required (3 items)

Principles of criminal law - Ashworth, Andrew, Horder, Jeremy, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | pp 368-389, 405-410

Criminal law - De Than, Claire, Heaton, Russell, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | pp320-402

· Gomez (1993) AC 442

· Ghosh (1982) 2 All E.R 689

· Hinks (2000) 4 All.E.R. 833

a) Property (1 items) Further readings

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· Pilgram v Rice Smith (1977) 2 All ER 658

· Oxford v Moss (1979) Crim.L.R. 119

· Chan Man-sin (1988) 1 All ER 1

b) Belonging to another (1 items)

· Hall (1973) QB 126

· Hilton (1997) Crim.L.R 761

· Klineberg and Marsden (1999) Crim.L.R. 417

· Marshall and others (1999) Crim.L.R 317

· AG Ref No 1 of 1985 (1986) QB 491

· Davidge v Bunnett (1984) Crim LR 297

· Gilks(1972) 3 All ER 280

· AG's Ref No 1 of 1983 (1985) QB 182

· Dip Kaur (1981) 2 All ER 430

· Turner (1971) 2 All ER 441

· Meredith (1973) Crim LR 253

· Preddy (1996) 3 All ER 481

c) Appropriation (1 items)

· Lawrence (1971) Crim.L.R. 645

· Morris (1983) 3 All E.R 288

· Hopkins and Kendrick (1997) Crim.L.R. 359

· Mazo (1996) Crim.L.R. 435

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· AG's Ref. No 1 of 1983 (1984) 3 All ER 369

d) Issues of intent (6 items)

· Feely (1973) 1 All.E.R. 341

· Gilks (1972) 3 All.E.R. 280

· Lloyd (1985) All E.R 661

· Velumyl (1989) Crim.L.R 299

· Horlock [2004] EWCA Crim 327

· Raphael [2008] EWCA Crim 1014

Theft: intention permanently to deprive owner of property - intention to treat thing as one's own to dispose of regardless of other's rights - 2008 Article | Background (Could Read)

Appropriation and the Law of Theft - S Shute, 2002 Article | Background (Could Read)

Deceiving Without Thieving? - R Heaton, 2001 Article | Background (Could Read)

To Appropriate or Not to Appropriate, That is the Question - L Toczek, 2000 Article | Background (Could Read)

The test for dishonesty - Halpin, 1996 Article | Background (Could Read)

a) Deception and Fraud (1 items) Fraud Further reading

· London & Globe Finance (1903) 1 Ch 728 (see Smith & Hogan)

· Silverman (1987) 86 Cr. App. R. 213

· Barnard (1837) 7 C&P 784 (see Smith & Hogan)

· Dip Kaur (1981) 2 All.E.R. 430

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· King and Stockwell [1987] Q B 547

· Laverty [1970] 3 All E R 432

b) Offences under 1968 Theft Act (1 items)

· Charles (1976) 3 All E.R 112

· DPP V Ray (1974) A.C. 370

· Doukas (1978) 1 All E.R 1061

· King (1987) 1 All E.R 547

· Lambie (1981) 2 All E.R 776

· McNiff (1986) Crim.L.R 57 (CA)

· Rai (2000) Crim.L.R. 192

· Clark(2001) Crim.L.R. 572

· Preddy (1996) 3 All.E.R. 481

· Nabina(2000) Crim L.R. 481

· Holmes [2005] 1 All ER 490

· Smith (Wallace Duncan) [2004] EWCA Crim 631

c) Offences under 1978 Theft Act (4 items)

Theft Act 1978, ss 1, 2 and 3

· Firth (1990) Crim.L.R 326

· Halai (1983) Crim.L.R 624

· Jackson (1983) Crim.L.R 617

· Sibartie (1983) Crim.L.R 470

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· Widdowson (1986) Crim.L.R 233

· Vincent (2001) Crim.L.R. 488

The Fraud Act 2006: Criminalising Lying - Ormerod, 2007 Article | Background (Could Read)

Legislating the criminal code: fraud and deception ; a consultation paper - Great Britain, 1999 Book | Background (Could Read)

The Fraud Act 2006: Some Early Observations and Comparisons with the Former Law - Carol Withey, 2007 Article | Background (Could Read)

Seminar 10: Revision (1 items) Weeks 22/23

Student Presentations on Theft and Fraud

The definition of appropriation which the courts have developed has rendered it a meaningless concept that can only serve to confuse juries.

Here we will review the 2014 exam paper.

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