Jeremy Horder is Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law at King's College London, and a door tenant at 25 Bedford Row. He is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple, and an Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales from 2005-2010. His previous books with OUP include Provocation and Responsibility (1992) and Excusing Crime (2004).

• Introduction ; PART ONE: HOMICIDE LAW REFORM AND LAW REFORMERS: THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE ; 1. Safe in Whose Hands? Judges, Experts, and Public Opinion in the Homicide Reform Process ; 2. The Rise of Regulation and the Fate of the Common Law ; PART TWO: HOMICIDE OFFENCES: DISPUTING THE BOUNDARIES ; 3. On Being Morally and Legally Speaking, a 'Murderer' ; 4. Corporate Manslaughter and Public Authorities ; 5. Violating Physical Integrity: Manslaughter by Intentional Attack ; 6. Joint Criminal Ventures and Murder ; 7. Transferred Malice and the Remoteness of Outcomes from Intentions ; PART THREE: DEFENCES TO MURDER ; 8. Wrong Turnings on Defences to Murder ; Bibliography

This text is ... recommended to those (including more advanced students) interested in the process of law reform, as well as the substantive law of homicide. It is a valuable addition to both fields.

Jeremy Horder is Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law at King's College London, and a door tenant at 25 Bedford Row. He is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple, and an Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales from 2005-2010. His previous books with OUP include Provocation and Responsibility (1992) and Excusing Crime (2004).

• Introduction ; PART ONE: HOMICIDE LAW REFORM AND LAW REFORMERS: THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE ; 1. Safe in Whose Hands? Judges, Experts, and Public Opinion in the Homicide Reform Process ; 2. The Rise of Regulation and the Fate of the Common Law ; PART TWO: HOMICIDE OFFENCES: DISPUTING THE BOUNDARIES ; 3. On Being Morally and Legally Speaking, a 'Murderer' ; 4. Corporate Manslaughter and Public Authorities ; 5. Violating Physical Integrity: Manslaughter by Intentional Attack ; 6. Joint Criminal Ventures and Murder ; 7. Transferred Malice and the Remoteness of Outcomes from Intentions ; PART THREE: DEFENCES TO MURDER ; 8. Wrong Turnings on Defences to Murder ; Bibliography

This text is ... recommended to those (including more advanced students) interested in the process of law reform, as well as the substantive law of homicide. It is a valuable addition to both fields.

Jeremy Horder is Edmund-Davies Professor of Criminal Law at King's College London, and a door tenant at 25 Bedford Row. He is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple, and an Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales from 2005-2010. His previous books with OUP include Provocation and Responsibility (1992) and Excusing Crime (2004).

• Introduction ; PART ONE: HOMICIDE LAW REFORM AND LAW REFORMERS: THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE ; 1. Safe in Whose Hands? Judges, Experts, and Public Opinion in the Homicide Reform Process ; 2. The Rise of Regulation and the Fate of the Common Law ; PART TWO: HOMICIDE OFFENCES: DISPUTING THE BOUNDARIES ; 3. On Being Morally and Legally Speaking, a 'Murderer' ; 4. Corporate Manslaughter and Public Authorities ; 5. Violating Physical Integrity: Manslaughter by Intentional Attack ; 6. Joint Criminal Ventures and Murder ; 7. Transferred Malice and the Remoteness of Outcomes from Intentions ; PART THREE: DEFENCES TO MURDER ; 8. Wrong Turnings on Defences to Murder ; Bibliography

This text is ... recommended to those (including more advanced students) interested in the process of law reform, as well as the substantive law of homicide. It is a valuable addition to both fields.