Criminal Law

This bestselling, classic textbook provides a clear and straightforward account of criminal law, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discussing wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines. Written by one of the UK's leading experts on criminal law, this book is compact yet comprehensive, well-structured, stimulating and engaging.

Jonathan Herring is the DW Wolf-Clarendon Fellow in Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford and Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.  He is series editor of the Great Debates in Law series, also published by Macmillan International Higher Education.