Causation in Criminal Law

A Research Companion

Alan Reed, Michael Bohlander, Bethany Simpson (Dr Bethany Simpson is a Lecturer in Criminal Law at Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, UK.) , Verity Adams

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Routledge
15 October 2025

Crime & criminology; Comparative law; Criminology: legal aspects; Criminal law & procedure

Series: Substantive Issues in Criminal Law

This collection presents a leading contribution in the substantive arena relating to causation in criminal law. Extant law reveals significant problems in adoption of consistent approaches to doctrinal and theoretical underpinnings of legal causation and culpability thresholds. This has been exemplified by a plethora of recent jurisprudential authorities revealing varying degrees of confusion and vacillation. A variety of Law Commission proposals, although emboldening the debate, have yet to be adopted in any logical template. The volume addresses three specific elements within this arena, embracing an overarching synergy between them. This edifice engages in an examination of UK provisions, with specialist contributions on domestic law, and in contrasting these provisions against alternative domestic jurisdictions as well as comparative contributions addressing a particularised research grid for content. The comparative chapters provide a wider background of how other legal systems treat a variety of specialised issues relating to causation in the context of the criminal law. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book will be an invaluable resource for researchers, academics and practitioners working in comparative criminal law and related areas.

Edited by: Alan Reed, Michael Bohlander, Bethany Simpson (Dr Bethany Simpson is a Lecturer in Criminal Law at Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, UK.), Verity Adams
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9781032759920
ISBN 10: 1032759925
Series: Substantive Issues in Criminal Law
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 15 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Reed is Professor of Law and Private International Law and leads research in the Faculty of Business and Law at Northumbria University, UK. Michael Bohlander holds the Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy at Durham University, UK. Bethany Simpson is Lecturer in Criminal Law at Newcastle University, UK. Verity Adams is Barrister at Trinity Chambers in Newcastle, UK.