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Theft

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Abstract

Property offences are one of the most complex areas of criminal law. It might be thought that the topic should not cause particular difficulty — property offences are less serious than offences against the person, so we need be less concerned about careful gradations of liability. However, there are two particular reasons why this area has caused so many problems.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Cambridge, New Hall, UK

    Jonathan Herring MA, BCL (Fellow in Law, College Lecturer)

  2. Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK

    Jonathan Herring MA, BCL (Fellow in Law, College Lecturer)

  3. European Commercial Law Unit, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK

    Marise Cremona BA, LLM (Senior Fellow)

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  1. Jonathan Herring MA, BCL
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© 1998 Marise Cremona and Jonathan Herring

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Herring, J., Cremona, M. (1998). Theft. In: Criminal Law. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13561-5_11

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