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Product Description The Core Text Series provides students with reliable, concise, value-for-money coverage of key legal disciplines. Each title in the series seeks to strip its subject to the core - identifying the fundamental principles which underlie it and concentrating on the most important topics - whilecontinuing to identify the intellectual challenges and difficulties within it. The result is a range of texts which take you straight to the heart of the subject matter by providing a succinct and reliable account of the current law. Written by leading academic authors, titles in the series areinvaluable guides for students of law at all levels. Criminal Law Core Text provides a concise account of all the relevant aspects of criminal law in a manageable and thought-provoking way. Underpinned by the author's expert insight, this is an essential introductory guide to criminal law. In an area of law where case law is so integral to effectiveunderstanding of the different legal principles, Criminal Law Core Text provides numerous key case summaries to help you remember the key points of law. Students are able to consolidate their own learning through the chapter summaries, further reading and self-test question sections of the book. Review Review from previous edition: "A concise introduction providing an overview of the basic concepts and issues necessary for a proper understanding of criminal law." ―David Selfe, Director of the School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University About the Author Nicola Padfield is Senior Lecturer at the Law Faculty, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She has published widely on criminal law and criminal justice, and is the author of a number of books. A qualified Barrister, she sits as a recorder in the Crown Court andis a Bencher of the Middle Temple. She is the editor of Archbold Review.