Criminal law is a dynamic and popular element of all law degrees. Unlocking Criminal Law will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease providing you with an indispensable foundation in the subject. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms:

  • Background to criminal law
  • Homicide

  • Actus reus
  • Non-fatal offences against the person

  • Mens rea
  • Sexual offences

  • Strict liability
  • Theft

  • Parties to a crime
  • Robbery, burglary and other offences in the Theft Acts

  • Inchoate offences
  • Deception offences

  • Capacity
  • Criminal damage

  • General defences
  • Public order offences.


  • The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter opens with a list of aims and objectives, contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts to consolidate your knowledge, and diagrams to aid learning. Cases and judgments are prominently displayed, as are primary source quotations. Summaries help check your understanding of each chapter and there is a glossary of legal terminology. New features include problem questions with guidance on answering, as well as essay questions and answer plans, plus cases and materials exercises.

    The accompanying website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk provides free resources such as multiple choice questions, key questions and answers, revision mp3s and cases and materials exercises.

    Knowledge of the English legal system is the cornerstone to every law degree in England and Wales. Unlocking the English Legal System will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease, providing you with this essential foundation. This third edition is fully up-to-date with the latest developments and includes:



  • discussion of the House of Lords becoming the Supreme Court


  • details of the new tribunal system


  • all recent cases.

    The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter opens with aims and objectives and contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts, diagrams to aid learning and numerous headings and sub-headings to make the subject manageable. New features include summaries to check your understanding of each chapter, a glossary of legal terminology, essay questions with answer plans and exam questions with guidance on answering.

    All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so you can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units.

    Resources supporting this book are available online at www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk. These include:


  • multiple choice questions


  • key questions and answers


  • revision mp3s available for free download


  • interactive glossary and flashcards

  • Unlocking EU Law

    by Chris Turner and Tony Storey

    Published 12 March 2014
    European Law is a core element of all law degrees in England and Wales. Unlocking EU Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts with ease, providing you with an essential foundation for further study or practice. This new fourth edition is fully up-to-date with the latest developments and includes:
    • The European Union Act 2011
    • Detailed coverage of the Lisbon Treaty
    • All major new cases


    This book is essential reading for students studying EU Law on undergraduate courses in the UK.



    The UNLOCKING THE LAW series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Features include:

    aims and objectives at the start of each chapter
    • key facts charts to consolidate your knowledge
    • diagrams to aid learning
    • summaries to help check your understanding of each chapter
    • problem questions with guidance on answering
    • a glossary of legal terminology


    The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications, as well as popular option units.

    The website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk provides supporting resources such as multiple choice questions, key questions and answers and updates to the law.