Deals with sexual offences including non-statutory offences, and examines how the Sexual Offences Act 2003 operates in practice, looking at supporting legislation, case law and the Sentencing Guidelines.

This book deals with legal questions related to childbirth. When a woman is pregnant, does the law have any part to play in protecting the foetus from harm? Should it intervene, for example, if she is taking illegal drugs or has, at the time of delivery, declined to accept medical advice?

A number of jurisdictions world-wide have changed or are considering changing their homicide laws. Important changes have been recommended for England and Wales, and this book focuses on these changes. It examines key aspects of the law of homicide.

Despite the advent of new sexual knowledges, new perspectives, new experiences even, we do not routinely or habitually reflect on the interface of social and legal dimensions of sexuality. Rather, the law is periodically reviewed in response to some crisis or campaign.

Examines sexual offending and the management of sex offenders. This book deals with the complex issues inherent in dealing with sex offenders, including the investigation of sexual offences, trial procedures, sentencing, control, risk assessment, protection of the public, treatment, housing and protection of children and adolescent offenders.

Provides a comprehensive exposition of domestic, European and international anti-discrimination law. Drawing on historical, anthropological, economic and political science scholarship, this book places the law in a broad theoretical context, and highlights traditional assumptions.

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This book reconsiders the shape and details of the English law of homicide, a topic avoided by governments in their plans for law reform. It discusses how the law should define murder, how it should respond to provoked killings, how it should deal with mentally abnormal killers and so on.

The testimony of expert witnesses to inform courtroom decisions is critical if intelligent and just verdicts are to be reached. Few judges, jurors or lay witnesses possess the necessary knowledge to adequately understand the complexities of human behaviour as they relate to acts of interpersonal violence. While lay witnesses can testify to actual incidents or observations, it is the expert ...

For three centuries the criminal law has given rise to a divergent set of approaches to the crime of homicide. Whereas the law of murder has not fundamentally changed, the crime of manslaughter has resulted in some forms of homicide being visited with relatively minor penalties.

Sets out the correct indictments and sentencing provisions for sexual offences dating back to 1943, to cover all cases which might be prosecuted. This book sets out offences and relates to them in terms of indictments and sentence, including sentencing guidelines and relevant case laws.

This work provides the practical advice that all personal injury litigators handling RTA cases need to advise clients whose claims fall within the 1999 Uninsured Drivers Agreement.

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A practical guide to slander and libel. It takes the reader through the pursuit and defence of a defamation claim from the alleged slur all the way to jury trial, detailing the relevant law and procedure at every stage. It also covers key developing areas such as funding, costs and mediation.

A guide to dealing with cases involving personal protection, harassment and domestic violence. This edition takes account of Case Law and is useful for solicitors, barristers, citizen advice bureaux and women's rights groups.

Considers the quest for compensation by persons injured by products of the pharmaceutical industry. The book explores the potential legal liability of the medical and pharmacy profession, manufacturers and government regulatory bodies.