Blackstone's Criminal Practice

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Blackstone's Criminal Practice
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First edition, 1991
AuthorDavid Ormerod and David Perry
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLaw
GenreNon-fiction
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date
1991
Publication place United Kingdom
ISBN 9780198794066
OCLC 972183254

Blackstone's Criminal Practice is a book about English criminal law. The First Edition was published by Blackstone Press in 1991. The Twenty-seventh Edition was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. In 2016, the Judicial Executive Board selected Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2017 as the principal practitioner text for all criminal courts in England and Wales. [1] The Editors in Chief are Professor David Ormerod KC and David Perry KC. David Ormerod was previously the joint editor (since 2008) with Lord Justice Hooper.

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It is one of the "main" books that lawyers practising on the criminal side use. [2] The Crown Prosecution Service describe this book as a "standard source" [3] and as a "recognised legal textbook", and say that the legal guidance given on their website is no substitute for a book such as this one. [4] By 2002, it was the "leading" work for proceedings in the magistrates' courts. [5]

See also

List of main criminal law texts in England and Wales

References

  1. Walters, Max (12 October 2016). "Game of tomes: Blackstone's gets the judges' nod". The Law Society Gazette .
  2. Peter Hungerford-Welch. Criminal Litigation & Sentencing. Sixth Edition. Routledge. 2004. Page 753. Digitized copy from Google Books.
  3. "Theft Act Offences" Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine .
  4. "User Guide" Archived 2013-03-25 at the Wayback Machine .
  5. Jowett, Christian. "Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2002" (2002) 152 New Law Journal 752

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