Criminal Law for the 21st Century - A Model Code for Singapore (Print + Digital)

In this book, the authors propose a set of improved and modernised provisions expressing the general principles of criminal responsibility. This set of principles will comprise a “General Part” which, it is proposed, will form part of Singapore’s Penal Code. The key objective of devising and enacting the General Part is to significantly revitalise the Penal Code and restore many of its original technical attributes. Each chapter of this book comprises: (a) a carefully considered and drafted provision on a general principle of criminal responsibility; (b) a summary of the existing law in Singapore pertaining to that principle; (c) a selection of recent formulations of that principle from other jurisdictions to benchmark Singapore’s law (both current and proposed) with international best practices; and (d) a comparison of these formulations with the provision proposed in this book for inclusion as a General Part in Singapore’s Penal Code.



Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Chan Wing Cheong, Stanley Yeo and Michael Hor

Year of Publication: 2013

Page Extent: 408 pages 

 

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    Authors' Profiles

     

    Chan Wing Cheong is an associate professor of law and Amaladass Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He specialises in criminal law and family law, and has written extensively in these areas.

    Stanley Yeo is a professor of law at the National University of Singapore. He is an internationally-renowned comparative law scholar who has studied the criminal laws of various jurisdictions for three decades. He has authored several books on the Indian/Singapore Penal Code.

    Michael Hor is a professor of law at the National University of Singapore. He has researched, published and taught criminal law and criminal evidence and process for more than two decades.

    All three authors are regularly consulted by both the Singapore Ministry of Law and the Criminal Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore on matters concerning criminal law reform.

     

    Contents

     

    Chapter I Introduction
    By Stanley Yeo

    PART 1 Purpose and Application
    By Stanley Yeo
    Chapter 1.1 Purpose and Application

    PART 2 Proof of Criminal Responsibility and Establishing Guilt
    By Michael Hor
    Chapter 2.1 Burden of Proof
    Chapter 2.2 Principle of Concurrence between the Fault and Physical Elements of a Crime

    PART 3 External Elements of Offences
    By Chan Wing Cheong
    Chapter 3.1 Physical Elements
    Chapter 3.2 Voluntariness
    Chapter 3.3 Omissions
    Chapter 3.4 Causation

    PART 4 Fault Elements of Offences
    By Chan Wing Cheong
    Chapter 4.1 Fault Elements
    Chapter 4.2 Transferred Fault and Defences
    Chapter 4.3 Offences without Specific Fault Elements
    Chapter 4.4 Corporate Criminal Liability

    PART 5 Offences Which Do Not Require Fault
    By Chan Wing Cheong
    Chapter 5.1 Strict Liability
    Chapter 5.2 Absolute Liability

    PART 6 Extensions of Criminal Responsibility
    By Michael Hor
    Chapter 6.1 Abetment, Conspiracy and Group Liability
    Chapter 6.2 Attempt

    PART 7 Defences
    By Stanley Yeo
    Chapter 7.1 Children
    Chapter 7.2 Mental Impairment
    Chapter 7.3 Involuntary Intoxication
    Chapter 7.4 Voluntary Intoxication
    Chapter 7.5 Mistake or Ignorance of Fact
    Chapter 7.6 Mistake or Ignorance of Law
    Chapter 7.7 Private Defence
    Chapter 7.8 Duress
    Chapter 7.9 Necessity

    Appendix Penal Code (General Part) Act
     
    • Criminal Law for 21st Century (Print + Digital)
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    ?��??To revitalise a code such as the Penal Code is to give it a fresh vitality and invigorate it. As views about crime and punishment change, the Penal Code, which carries a substantial portion of the laws that dictate this area of law, must keep pace with social norms and attitude. Parliament has to be the gauge of changes in those norms and attitude, but it will need ideas to see how modern it thinks the criminal law should be. Criminal Law in the 21st Century �?? A Model Code for Singapore is a source worth examining. For students of current law, this book exposes the areas that invigorate discussion and debate.�?�

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