Topic

‘Getting their “act” together? Implementing statutory reform of offences against the person’

Author/Academic

Matthew Gibson

Viewpoint

Offers a critique of the OAPA and Law Commission’s proposed reform.

Source

[2017] Crim LR 597

Topic

‘Reconsidering psychic assault’

Author/Academic

Jeremy Horder

Viewpoint

Critiques the current law on psychic assault.

Source

[1998] Crim LR 392

Topic

Consent to body modification in criminal law

Author/Academic

Rachel Clement

Viewpoint

The law on when body modification is permitted is unclear and unprincipled.

Source

(2018) 77 Cambridge Law Journal 451

Topic

‘Criminal law and the sexual transmission of HIV: R v Dica’

Author/Academic

Matthew Weait

Viewpoint

This article examines the role of the criminal law in regulating the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Weait, widely regarded as the leading academic on this issue, reviews the previous case law and evaluates the Court of Appeal’s decision in detail.

Source

(2005) 68 MLR 121