1st Edition
Reinterpreting Criminal Complicity and Inchoate Participation Offences
1. Introduction 2. The Mental Element in Complicity Requires Intention 3. Mutual Encouragement and Parties Exempt from Complicity Liability 4. The Problem of Making Participation Inchoate 5. Defences, Labelling and Sentencing 6. Conclusion
Biography
Dennis J Baker is Professor of English Law and Head of the School of Law at the University of Surrey, UK.
"I had a copy of the manuscript of this book when examining the issues raised in R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8, and it was helpful to me. Professor Baker’s arguments on the point, which was of central importance in that case, that foresight is evidence from which intention may be inferred, but no more than evidence, and that secondary liability for a criminal offence requires intent to encourage or assist its perpetration, were well researched and cogent. The same applies to his writing about the need for there to be actual assistance or encouragement, and about the nature of intent, which may be conditional. All in all, Professor Baker’s book is a valuable contribution to the understanding of an important and sometimes confusing part of the criminal law."
The Right Hon Lord Toulson, Justice of The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
