Jeremy Horder is Professor of Criminal Law at the LSE, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of numerous works of criminal law scholarship, including Criminal Misconduct in Office (Oxford University Press, 2018), Homicide and the Politics of Law Reform (Oxford University Press, 2012), and Excusing Crime (Oxford University Press, 2007).

• 1: Criminal law process


• 2: Criminal law history


• 3: Criminal law values


• 4: Criminal law fabric


• 5: Criminal conduct: Actus reus, causation and permissions


• 6: Criminal capacity, mens rea, and fault


• 7: Excusatory defences


• 8: Homicide


• 9: Non-fatal violations of the person


• 10: Property offences


• 11: Financial crime


• 12: Complicity


• 13: Inchoate offences


• 14: Bribery and money laundering (additional chapter)


• 15: Public order offences (additional chapter)


• 16: Communication offences (additional chapter)

Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law is distinctly different from other criminal law textbooks. Focusing on the theoretical issues and underlying principles, it brings the subject to life through a critically involving and contextual approach, whilst still covering the core topics found on criminal law courses.