Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of Contributors viii
5. List of Abbreviations ix
6. Table of Cases x
7. Foreword xvii
8. 1 Sir Gerald Gordon: An Appreciation 1
9. 2 Corroboration and Distress: Some Crumbs from Under the Master’s Table 12
10. 3 Child Defendants and the Doctrines of the Criminal Law 27
11. 4 Codification of the Criminal Law 54
12. 5 Public and Private Wrongs 70
13. 6 The Idea of Principle in Scots Criminal Law 86
14. 7 A Human Right to a Fair Criminal Law 103
15. 8 The Pain of Pleasure: Consent and the Criminalisation of Sado-Masochistic “Assaults” 126
16. 9 The Mental Element in Modern Criminal Law 141
17. 10 Theft by Omission 158
18. 11 Statutory Rape and Defilement in Ireland: Recent Developments 178
19. 12 Don’t Look Back in Anger: The Partial Defence of Provocation in Scots Criminal Law 195
20. 13 “The Most Heinous of all Crimes”: Reflections on the Structure of Homicide in Scots Law 218
21. 14 Witness Anonymity in the Criminal Process 241
22. 15 Disclosure Appeals: A Plea for Principle 264
23. 16 Crown Counsel: From Sir Archibald Alison to Lord Brand 286
24. 17 The Codification of Criminal Procedure 305
25. 18 The Summary Jurisdiction to Punish for Contempt of Court in Scotland 326
26. 19 Sir Gerald Gordon: A Bibliography 341
27. Index 348