Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law [Paperback]

First published in 1962, this book formed part of an ongoing series of elementary legal guides.First published in 1962, this book formed part of an ongoing series of elementary legal guides. The text was intended to assist students in understanding the rules of criminal law which would enable them to form a clear idea of the practical task confronting the prosecution and defence in the trials of specific people.First published in 1962, this book formed part of an ongoing series of elementary legal guides. The text was intended to assist students in understanding the rules of criminal law which would enable them to form a clear idea of the practical task confronting the prosecution and defence in the trials of specific people.First published in 1962, as the eighteenth edition of a 1902 original, this book formed part of an ongoing series of elementary legal guides. The text was not intended to be a work on criminal jurisprudence, but rather to assist students to such an understanding of the rules of criminal law as would enable them to form a clear idea of the practical task confronting the prosecution and defence in the trials of specific people. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in law and legal history.Index of cases; Index to the principal statutes; List of principal books cited; Part I. General Considerations: 1. Crime and criminal law; 2. Principles of criminal liability; 3. Variations in liability; 4. Preliminary crimes; 5. The possible parties to a crime; 6. The classification of crimes; Part II. Definitions of Particular Crimes: 7. Homicide; 8. Offences against the person that are not fatal; 9. Bigamy; 10. Criminal libel; 11. Offences against property; 12. Burglary and housebreaking; 13. Stealing; 14. Embezzlement; 15. Fraudulent conversion; 16. Cheats punishable at common law; 17. False pretences; 18. Receiving stolen property; 19. Other offences involving fraud; 20. Forgery; 21. Offences against the state; 22. Conspiracy and industrial lÓO