School of Law

Criminal law and criminal justice recent publications

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Munro, V. E. (2021) A modern history of the not proven verdict. Edinburgh Law Review, 25(2), pp. 151-172. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2021.0692)

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Munro, V. E. (2022) Beyond doubt: the case against ‘not proven’. Modern Law Review, 85(4), pp. 847-878. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12707)

Farmer, L. (2018) Innocence, the burden of proof and fairness in the criminal trial: revisiting Woolmington v DPP (1935). In: Jackson, J. D. and Summers, S. J. (eds.) Obstacles to Fairness in Criminal Proceedings. Hart Publishing, pp. 57-74. ISBN 9781782258353 (doi: 10.5040/9781782258384.ch-004)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2017) A Comparative Analysis of Hate Crime Legislation: A Report to the Hate Crime Legislation Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Farmer, L. (2020) Civil order, markets, and the intelligibility of the criminal law. University of Toronto Law Journal, 70(S1), pp. 123-140. (doi: 10.3138/utlj.2019-0063)

Farmer, L. (2017) DPP v. Morgan. In: Handler, P., Mares, H. and Williams, I. (eds.) Landmark Cases in Criminal Law. Hart. ISBN 9781849466899

Ormston, R., Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V. and Murray, L. (2019) Scottish Jury Research: Findings from a Large Scale Mock Jury Study. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Farmer, L. (2019) Trafficking, the Anti-Slavery Project and the making of the modern criminal law. In: Herlin-Karnell, E., Haverkamp, R. and Lernestedt, C. (eds.) What is Wrong with Human Trafficking? Critical Perspectives on the Law. Hart Publishing, pp. 13-36. ISBN 9781509921515 (doi: 10.5040/9781509921546.ch-002)

Ó Floinn, M. (2017) The concept of idem in the European Courts: extricating the inextricable link in European double jeopardy law. Columbia Journal of European Law, 24, pp. 75-109.

Farmer, L. (2016) Making the Modern Criminal Law: Criminalization and Civil Order. Series: Criminalization. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199568642 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568642.001.0001)

McPherson, R. (2019) Battered Woman Syndrome, diminished responsibility and women who kill: insights from Scottish case law. Journal of Criminal Law, 83(5), pp. 381-393. (doi: 10.1177/0022018319858506)

McPherson, R. (2021) Diminished responsibility post codification: lost opportunities, tensions and gendered applications. Edinburgh Law Review, 25(2), pp. 173-191. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2021.0693)

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Munro, V. E. (2021) The provenance of what is proven: exploring (mock) jury deliberation in Scottish rape trials. Journal of Law and Society, 48(2), pp. 226-249. (doi: 10.1111/jols.12287)

Kelly, C. (2019) Juvenile Justice in Victorian Scotland. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474427340

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Criminal law in the shadows: creating offences in delegated legislation. Legal Studies, 38(2), pp. 221-241. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2017.18)

Cowan, S., Keane, E. P.H. and Munro, V. E. (2024) The Use of Sexual History Evidence and ‘Sensitive Private Data’ in Scottish Rape and Attempted Rape Trials. Project Report. Edinburgh Law School.

Taylor, A. and Ó Floinn, M. (2021) Bitcoin burglaries and the Theft Act 1968. Criminal Law Review, 2021(3), pp. 163-190.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. eds. (2017) The Criminal Law of Scotland, 4th Edition, Volume II. Series: SULI. W. Green. ISBN 9780414057463

McPherson, R. and Tata, C. (2018) Causing Death by Driving Offences: Literature Review. Other. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh, UK.

Ó Floinn, M. (2019) Review of the Model Law on Electronic Evidence. Other. Commonwealth Secretariat.

Farmer, L. (2022) The ‘market’ in criminal law theory. Modern Law Review, 85(2), pp. 435-460. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12687)