Pamela R Ferguson and Claire McDiarmid, SCOTS CRIMINAL LAW: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (www.euppublishing.com ), 2014. lxv + 701 pp. ISBN 9781845861308. £40.

AuthorRachel McPherson
DOI10.3366/elr.2015.0290
Published date01 May 2015
Date01 May 2015
Pages297-298

The second edition of this text has been updated to reflect the significant changes seen to Scots criminal law in recent years. The references to Scottish crime statistics, case law and academic work are certainly the most up to date available for students or practitioners looking to a single source.

In part one of the book, which deals with the appropriate scope of criminal law, readers are provided with an account of philosophical underpinnings in a depth and detail which is unparalleled in other textbooks on the subject matter. Certainly for those studying at honours...

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