Cases & Materials On Criminal Law is an established casebook on criminal law and companion to Principles of Criminal Law, 3rd edition (2005), where the general principles of the South African criminal law and many of the specific crimes are fully analysed.

Substantially revised by Jonathan Burchell, this third edition covers the general principles of specific crimes, including new sections on the reform of sexual offences and organised crime. Over 50 new extracts and a companion CD-ROM containing an additional 17 extracts from cases and legislation have been included in this edition.

This book can also be used on its own as it contains substantial extracts from judgments, with succinct explanatory headnotes

Includes CD-ROM with an additional 17 extracts from cases and legislation.

Many law students may master the legal theory required of them but struggle to acquire the necessary academic and legal skills to pass and succeed in practice. This sentiment has been echoed over the past few years by legal practitioners and law bodies concerned about ill-equipped new practitioners. This book attempts to address the challenge of helping students achieve what is required of them and provides a basic foundation to studying and practising law.