Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law

Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law is a textbook on criminal law in England and Wales. The principles of criminal law expounded in the book are normative. ^[1]

The text was originally written by Professor Andrew Ashworth (first to sixth editions: 1991–2009). The seventh edition (2013) was co-written with Professor Jeremy Horder and the eighth to tenth (2016, 2016, 2022) editions were written by Horder alone.

Editions

1. Ashworth, Andrew (1991). Principles of Criminal Law. Clarendon Press. ISBN   9780198761440.
2. Ashworth, Andrew (1995). Principles of Criminal Law (2nd ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN   9780198763673.
3. Ashworth, Andrew (1999). Principles of Criminal Law (3rd ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780198765578.
4. Ashworth, Andrew (2003). Principles of Criminal Law (4th ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780199259809.
5. Ashworth, Andrew (2006). Principles of Criminal Law (5th ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780199281145.
6. Ashworth, Andrew (2009). Principles of Criminal Law (6th ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780199541973.
7. Ashworth, Andrew; Horder, Jeremy (2013). Principles of Criminal Law (Seventh ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780199672684.
8. Horder, Jeremy (2016). Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law (Eighth ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780198753070.
9. Horder, Jeremy (2019). Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law (Ninth ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780198777663.
10. Horder, Jeremy (2022). Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law (Tenth ed.). OUP. ISBN   9780192897381.

Reception

Anthony Duff called the book valuable. ^[2]

See also

• List of main criminal law texts in England and Wales

References

• Re-Thinking the Study of Criminal Law? (1992) 55 The Modern Law Review 733
• Andrew Cornford. "Andrew Ashworth, Principals of Criminal Law (1991)". Kennedy and Farmer (eds). Leading Works in Criminal Law. Routledge. 2024. Chapter 10.
• Nicola Lacey. "Principles, Policies, and Politics of Criminal Law". Zedner and Roberts (eds). Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth. Oxford University Press. 2012. Chapter 2. pp 19 to 35.

1. Alex Steel. "Shaking the foundations". Gledhill and Livings (eds). The Teaching of Criminal Law: The Pedagogical Imperatives. Routledge. 2017. At p 107.
2. Anthony Duff, "Andrew Ashworth: Principles of Criminal Law" in "Ideology in Court". The Times Literary Supplement. 10 January 1992. p 11.