Author: Courtney Stanhope Kenny

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-08-20

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1107455731

First published in 1935, this book contains an overview of a number of cases that established important precedents in English and early American criminal law. The topics covered include the general principles of criminal liability, the definition of crimes such as manslaughter, forgery and suicide, and the various modes of legal proof.