Essays in criminal law in honour of Sir Gerald Gordonedited by James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick and Lindsay Farmer ; with contributions by Andrew Ashworth [and others. 

 - Edinburgh :  Edinburgh University Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 356 pages) :  portraits. 
 - Edinburgh studies in law ;  v. 8 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Sir Gerald Gordon : an appreciation /  Corroboration and distress : some crumbs from under the master's table /  Child defendants and the doctrines of the criminal law /  Codification of the criminal law /  Public and Private Wrongs /  The idea of principle in Scots criminal law /  A human right to a fair criminal law /  The pain of pleasure : consent and the criminalisation of sado-masochistic 'assaults' /  The mental element in modern criminal law /  Theft /  Statutory rape and defilement in Ireland : recent developments /  Don't look back in anger : the partial Defence of Provocation in Scots criminal law /  'The most heinous of all crimes' : reflections on the structure of homicide in Scots law /  Witness anonymity in the criminal process /  Disclosure appeals : a plea for principle /  Crown counsel : from Sir Archibald Alison to Lord Brand /  The codification of criminal procedure /  The summary jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court in Scotland /  Sir Gerald Gordon : a bibliography /  by Christopher Gane --  by Lord Hope of Craighead --  by Andrew Ashworth --  by Eric Clive --  by R A Duff and S E Marshall --  by Lindsay Farmer --  by Victor Tadros --  by Sharon Cowan --  by Peter Ferguson --  by Omission /  by Stuart P Green --  by Finbarr McAuley --  by Claire McDiarmid --  by Gerry Maher --  by Ian Dennis --  by Peter Duff --  by Robert S Shiels --  by J R Spencer --  by T Welsh --  by Shona Wilson. 
<br/><br/> This volume is a festschrift in honour of Sir Gerald Gordon who has been one of the most influential figures in Scottish criminal law and procedure in the last century. The book includes essays on criminal law theory, substantive law and evidence, and procedure by practitioners and academics within and outside of Scotland. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780748679294 9780748651450 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal law--Scotland.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KDC913  / .E873 2010