Casebook on Scottish Criminal Law

Part I: General principles of criminal responsibility *General characteristics and sources of Scottish criminal law *The anatomy of a crime *The Actus reus: acts, omissions and states of affairs *The mental element in crime *Strict liability, vicarious liability and corporate liability *Inchoate offences *Art and part *Defences *Causation Part II: Offences against the person *Assault *Reckless injury and reckless endangerment *Miscellaneous offences against the person *Sexual offences *Homicide and related matters Part III: Offences against property interests *Theft, embezzlement and temporary deprivation *Robbery and extortion *Fraud, forgery and uttering *Housebreaking, opening lockfast places and preparatory offences *Reset *Damaging and destroying property Part IV: Offences against public interests *Offences against public order and decency *Offences against the course of justice