A Fingertip Guide to Criminal Law

This guide is a practical and concise summary of Scottish criminal law. Published in a handy and accessible format, it is an essential source of reference for all criminal court practitioners. This sixth edition incorporates the considerable legislative changes in Scottish criminal law since publication of the previous edition. All sections have been thoroughly updated to incorporate essential developments in Scottish case law. The book is written in a user-friendly way and includes parallel columns of commentary, case law, and statute under both substantive and procedural headings. Contents includes: substantive law
• principles
• procedure
• special defenses
• evidence
• sentencing
• miscellaneous
• bibliography