Lacey, Wells and Quick Reconstructing criminal law :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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text and materials /
First Statement of Responsibility
Celia Wells, Oliver Quick
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
4th ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xlvii, 894 p.
Dimensions
26 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Law in context series
GENERAL NOTES
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Rev. ed. of: Reconstructing criminal law / Nicola Lacey, Celia Wells, Oliver Quick. 3rd ed. 2003
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Images of criminal law -- Criminal laws in context -- Foundations of criminal law -- Social and political constructions of disorder -- Securing order : pre-emptive measures -- Public order : control mechanisms -- Criminal law and justice : emerging themes -- Offences against the person -- Drug and alcohol abuse : legal constructions of a social problem -- Offence preparation and participation -- Defining and defending private property -- Constructing property in criminal law -- Property rights and criminal enforcement -- The social construction of sexuality and bodily autonomy -- Sexual violence -- Regulating sexuality -- Criminalising healthcare choices -- The social construction of violence and personal harm -- The criminal regulation of public safety -- Homicide : boundary issues -- Murder and manslaughter