 First edition, 1991 | |
| Author | David Ormerod KC and David Perry KC |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Law |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Blackstone's Criminal Practice is a book about English criminal law. The First Edition was published by Blackstone Press in 1991. The Twelfth Edition (2002) was published by Oxford University Press as "A Blackstone Press Book". [1] The Thirty-sixth Edition (2026) was published by Oxford University Press in 2025. [2] The editor-in-chief of the first seventeen editions (1991 to 2007) was Peter Murphy. [3] [4] [5] The general editors of the Eighteenth to Twenty-fourth editions (2008 to 2014) were Sir Anthony Hooper (who was Lord Justice Hooper until 2012) and David Ormerod. [6] [7] The editors in chief are Professor David Ormerod KC and David Perry KC.
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It is one of the "main" books that lawyers practising on the criminal side use. [8] The Crown Prosecution Service describe this book as a "standard source" [9] 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. [10] By 2002, it was the "leading" work for proceedings in the magistrates' courts. [11] It was also described as one of the main or leading practitioner treatises by Tyrer and Lawton (2000), [12] by Griffiths (2010), [13] by Hannibal and Mountford [14] and by Dyson and Meyer (2022). [15] 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. [16]
Blackstone's Criminal Practice was also published on CD-ROM. [17] [18]