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Criminal Law in Singapore (eBook)

This book describes and evaluates the general principles of criminal responsibility and the major offences against the person and property contained in the Singapore Penal Code. Leading cases from Singapore and the other Indian Penal Code jurisdictions of India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are considered, along with relevant cases from major common law jurisdictions.
by Chan Wing Cheong (Author) , Neil Morgan (Author) , Stanley Yeo (Author)
Publisher: LexisNexis
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Published: 02 December, 2021
ISBN/ISSN: 9789815019100
Publisher: LexisNexis
Country: Singapore

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This book describes and evaluates the general principles of criminal responsibility and the major offences against the person and property contained in the Singapore Penal Code. Leading cases from Singapore and the other Indian Penal Code jurisdictions of India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are considered, along with relevant cases from major common law jurisdictions. This work builds on Criminal Law in Malaysia and Singapore (LexisNexis, 3rd Ed, 2018) by the same authors. However, the reforms brought about by the Criminal Law Reform Act 2019 made it necessary to devote this book to the law of Singapore. It compares the law before and after the amendments in order to understand the reasons for the changes, and to aid the interpretation and application of the law in practice. • Comprehensive analysis of the general principles of criminal responsibility in Singapore • Analysis of the major offences against the person and property in light of the general principles of criminal responsibility • Evaluation of the amendments to the Singapore Penal Code made by the Criminal Law (Reform) Act 2019 • Review of all major relevant cases from Singapore, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka • Places the law in a historical and theoretical context pointing to its strengths and weaknesses, and suggests further improvements to the law
 

Featured Authors

Chan Wing Cheong
Neil Morgan
Stanley Yeo

Chan Wing Cheong

Chan Wing Cheong is a Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University. He specialises in criminal law and family law and has published extensively in these areas. The books on criminal law that he has been involved in include Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law: Cases and Materials; Support for Victims of Crime in Asia; Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code; and Criminal Law for the 21st Century: A Model Code for Singapore.

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Neil Morgan

Neil Morgan is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA). From 2009 to 2019 he was Inspector of Custodial Services for Western Australia. Before this, he was a Winthrop Professor at UWA. He has also been a staff member and visiting professor at the National University of Singapore. He has published widely, and has led numerous research and law reform projects on criminal law, sentencing and corrections in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.

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Stanley Yeo

Stanley Yeo is a visiting research professor at the National University of Singapore. He is an internationally renowned comparative law scholar who has studied the criminal laws of various jurisdictions for forty years. His previous books on criminal law include Compulsion in the Criminal Law; Fault in Homicide; Unrestrained Killings and the Law; Criminal Defences in Australia, and Criminal Defences under the Penal Code of Bhutan.

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Table of contents

1 The Criminal Law: Context, Sources and History 
 2 The Criminal Process, Harm and Punishment 
 3 Physical Elements of Crimes 
 4 Fault Elements of Crimes 
 5 Causation 
 6 The Concurrence Principle 
 7 Strict Liability 
 8 Homicide: Principles, Punishments and Recent Reforms 
 9 Culpable Homicide, Murder and Offences at the Start of Life 
 10 Other Homicide Offences and Options for Homicide Law Reform 
 11 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person 
 12 Sexual Offences, Harassment, Stalking and Family Violence 
 13 Property Offences: Structure, Principles and Theft 
 14 Misappropriation, Breach of Trust, Cheating and Fraud 
 15 Receiving, Extortion, Robbery and Burglary 
 16 An Overview of Criminal Defences 
 17 Mistake 
 18 Accident 
 19 Consent 
 20 Private Defence 
 21 Exceeding Private Defence 
 22 Duress 
 23 Necessity
 24 Unsoundness of Mind 
 25 Intoxication
 26 Diminished Responsibility
 27 Infancy 
 28 Provocation 
 29 Sudden Fight 
 30 Infanticide
 31 Slight Harm
 32 Protection Accorded to Public Servants 
 33 Abetment and Criminal Conspiracy 
 34 Joint Liability
 35 Attempts 
 36 Corporate Criminal Liability
 

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