Fault in Criminal Law

Alan Reed is a professor of criminal and private international law at Northumbria University, and Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange) in the Faculty of Business and Law. He is Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law, and an Advisory Board Member of the Journal of International and Comparative Law.Michael Bohlander holds the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham University.Bethany Simpson is a lecturer in criminal law and social justice at Newcastle University. Her research explores modern-day slavery and human trafficking.Verity Adams is a barrister at Trinity Chambers in Newcastle. Her research interests are in criminal law and evidence, immigration and public international law.

• List of Contributors Preface Introduction PART 1 1 The Fault Requirement of Indecent Photographs of Children ALISDAIR A GILLESPIE2 Defining Fault in Loss of Control: Determining Culpability Through Excuse Theory AMANDA CLOUGH3 Strict Liability Crimes: The Contours of Liability and Crimogenic Impact ALAN REED4 Causation, Fault, and Responsibility GR SULLIVAN AND AP SIMESTER5 Understanding the ‘Fault’ in Prior-Fault Intoxication: Insights From Behavioural Neuroscience HANS S CROMBAG, JOHN J CHILD, AND RUDI FORTSON6 Ages of Consent and Responsibility in Criminal Law: Should They Be the Same? JONATHAN HERRING7 Fault, Article 7, and the Courts’ Development of the Criminal Law JEREMY HORDER8 ‘Crimes of Passion’: Emotion, Fault, and the Criminal Law JOHN E STANNARDPART 2 9 Germany KAI AMBOS AND STEFANIE BOCK10 Australia MIRKO BAGARIC11 The United States of America VERA BERGELSON12 Russia GLEB BOGUSH13 Islamic Law MOHAMMAD HEDAYATI-KAKHKI14 Africa GERHARD KEMP AND BERNARD NTAHIRAJA15 China ANDRA LE ROUX-KEMPIndex