Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law is a textbook on criminal law in England and Wales. The principles of criminal law expounded in the book are normative.Alex Steel. "Shaking the foundations". Gledhill and Livings (eds). The Teaching of Criminal Law: The Pedagogical Imperatives. Routledge. 2017. At p 107.
The text was originally written by Professor Andrew Ashworth (first to sixth editions: 1991–2009). The seventh edition (2013) was co-written with Professor Jeremy Horder and the eighth to tenth (2016, 2016, 2022) editions were written by Horder alone.
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Reception Anthony Duff called the book valuable.Anthony Duff, "Andrew Ashworth: Principles of Criminal Law" in "Ideology in Court". The Times Literary Supplement. 10 January 1992. p 11.
See also List of main criminal law texts in England and Wales
References Re-Thinking the Study of Criminal Law? (1992) 55 The Modern Law Review 733 Andrew Cornford. "Andrew Ashworth, Principals of Criminal Law (1991)". Kennedy and Farmer (eds). Leading Works in Criminal Law. Routledge. 2024. Chapter 10. Nicola Lacey. "Principles, Policies, and Politics of Criminal Law". Zedner and Roberts (eds). Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth. Oxford University Press. 2012. Chapter 2. pp 19 to 35.