Dr Findlay Stark

Email

fgs23@cam.ac.uk

Jesus College

LLB (Hons), LLM, PhD

University Senior Lecturer

Interests

Criminal law, evidence and procedure. Legal, moral and political philosophy.

CV / Biography

I have taught at Cambridge since 2012. I currently teach on the following courses: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence; and Ethics and the Criminal Law.

My research focuses primarily on criminal law theory. I am also interested in jurisprudence/legal philosophy and various other branches of philosophy.

My most significant publications are listed below.

I am a member of the editorial boards of the Criminal Law Review and Criminal Law Forum.

Publications

Books

Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (with Andrew Simester, John Spencer, Bob Sullivan and Graham Virgo) (Hart, 2019) 7th Edition

Co-Author/s:

Andrew Simester, John Spencer, Bob Sullivan and Graham Virgo

Publisher:

Hart

Link:

https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/simester-and-sullivans-criminal-law-9781509926688/

ISBN 13:

9781509926688

Published Aug 2019

Culpable Carelessness: Recklessness and Negligence in the Criminal Law (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Link:

https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/criminal-law/culpable-carelessness-recklessness-and-negligence-criminal-law?format=PB

ISBN:

9781108465120

Published Dec 2018

Culpable Carelessness: Recklessness and Negligence in the Criminal Law (Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Link:

http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/criminal-law/culpable-carelessness-recklessness-and-negligence-criminal-law?format=HB

ISBN 13:

9781107038905

Published Oct 2016

Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (with Andrew Simester, John Spencer, Bob Sullivan and Graham Virgo) (Hart, 2016) 6th Edition

Co-Author/s:

Andrew Simester, John Spencer, Bob Sullivan and Graham Virgo

Publisher:

Hart

Link:

http://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/simester-and-sullivans-criminal-law-9781849467223/

ISBN 13:

9781849467223

Published Sep 2016

Articles

"Judicial Development of the Criminal Law by the Supreme Court" (2021) 41 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1-29

Citation:

(2021) 41 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1-29

Link:

https://academic.oup.com/ojls/article/41/1/1/5981766

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa031

Published: Jan 2021

"The Reasonableness in Recklessness " (2020) 14 Criminal Law and Philosophy 9-29

Citation:

(2020) 14 Criminal Law and Philosophy 9-29

Link:

https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s11572-019-09501-z?author_access_token=cx48cksyS8t_cvIOcbSJ-Pe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6yzUWIPkWbat7nlXeqfLrCvOoFGOB4k6BdzBlUZZEFgKCpz9puCeheMbJYfzNxww0nZ9SWOjk9_KW4n6riSWHfVOVZzrXbUOKzWXUpzVzxYw%3D%3D

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-019-09501-z

Published: Apr 2020

"Reckless Manslaughter " [2017] Criminal Law Review 763-784

Citation:

[2017] Criminal Law Review 763-784

Published: Oct 2017

"The Demise of 'Parasitic Accessorial Liability': Substantive Judicial Law Reform, Not Common Law Housekeeping" (2016) 75(3) Cambridge Law Journal 550-579

Citation:

(2016) 75(3) Cambridge Law Journal 550-579

DOI:

10.1017/S0008197316000611

Published: Nov 2016

"Necessity and Nicklinson" [2013] Criminal Law Review 949-965

Citation:

[2013] Criminal Law Review 949-965

Published: Dec 2013

"Wiping the Slate Clean: Reforming Scots Law's Approach to Evidence of the Accused's Bad Character" (2013) 76 Modern Law Review 346-369

Citation:

(2013) 76 Modern Law Review 346-369

Published: Mar 2013

"It's Only Words: On Meaning and Mens Rea" (2013) 72 Cambridge Law Journal 155-177

Citation:

(2013) 72 Cambridge Law Journal 155-177

Published: Mar 2013

"Rethinking Recklessness" 2011 Juridical Review 163-203

Citation:

2011 Juridical Review 163-203

Published: Oct 2011

"Moral Legitimacy and Disclosure Appeals" (2010) 14 Edinburgh Law Review 205-224

Citation:

(2010) 14 Edinburgh Law Review 205-224

Published: May 2010

"Breaking Down Brennan" 2009 Juridical Review 155-170

Citation:

2009 Juridical Review 155-170

Published: Jan 2009

Book Chapters

"Tort Law, Expression and Duplicative Wrongs " in Paul Miller and John Oberdiek (ed(s)), Civil Wrongs and Justice in Private Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), pp. 441-462

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Pages:

441-462

ISBN 13:

9780190865269

Link

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/civil-wrongs-and-justice-in-private-law-9780190865269?cc=gb&lang=en&

Published Apr 2020

"Preparatory Offences" (with Stefanie Bock) in Antony Duff et al (ed(s)), Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 54-93

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Pages:

54-93

Published Jan 2020

"R v Howe (1987)" (with Henry Mares, Ian Williams and Phil Handler (Eds),), Landmark Cases in Criminal Law (Hart Publishing, 2016)

Publisher:

Hart Publishing

ISBN 13:

9781849466899

Link

http://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/landmark-cases-in-criminal-law-9781849466899/

Co-Author/s:

Henry Mares, Ian Williams and Phil Handler (Eds),

Published Dec 2016

"Scotland: A Plea for Consistency (with Fiona Leverick)" (with Stephen Thaman), Exclusionary Rules in Comparative Law (Springer, 2013), pp. 69-92

Publisher:

Springer

Pages:

69-92

ISBN 13:

978-94-007-5347-1

Link

http://www.springer.com/law/book/978-94-007-5347-1

Co-Author/s:

Stephen Thaman

Published Feb 2013

"Corporate Criminal Liability in Scotland: the Problems with a Piecemeal Approach" (with Mark Pieth and Radha Ivory), Corporate Criminal Liability: Emergence, Convergence and Risk (Springer, 2011), pp. 113-146

Publisher:

Springer

Pages:

113-146

ISBN 13:

978-94-007-0673-6

Link

http://www.springer.com/law/criminal/book/978-94-007-0673-6

Co-Author/s:

Mark Pieth and Radha Ivory

Published Jun 2011

Reports

Post-corroboration Safeguards Review: Report of the Academic Expert Group

Co-Author/s:

James Chalmers, Fraser Davidson, Peter Duff, Pamela Ferguson, Fiona Leverick and Alasdair Shaw

Link to report

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Review/post-corroboration-safeguards/safeguards-consultation

Published: Oct 2014

Dr Findlay Stark

Email

Interests

CV / Biography

Publications

Books

Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (with Andrew Simester, John Spencer, Bob Sullivan and Graham Virgo) (Hart, 2019) 7th Edition

Culpable Carelessness: Recklessness and Negligence in the Criminal Law (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Culpable Carelessness: Recklessness and Negligence in the Criminal Law (Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (with Andrew Simester, John Spencer, Bob Sullivan and Graham Virgo) (Hart, 2016) 6th Edition

Articles

"Judicial Development of the Criminal Law by the Supreme Court" (2021) 41 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1-29

"The Reasonableness in Recklessness " (2020) 14 Criminal Law and Philosophy 9-29

"Reckless Manslaughter " [2017] Criminal Law Review 763-784

"The Demise of 'Parasitic Accessorial Liability': Substantive Judicial Law Reform, Not Common Law Housekeeping" (2016) 75(3) Cambridge Law Journal 550-579

"Necessity and Nicklinson" [2013] Criminal Law Review 949-965

"Wiping the Slate Clean: Reforming Scots Law's Approach to Evidence of the Accused's Bad Character" (2013) 76 Modern Law Review 346-369

"It's Only Words: On Meaning and Mens Rea" (2013) 72 Cambridge Law Journal 155-177

"Rethinking Recklessness" 2011 Juridical Review 163-203

"Moral Legitimacy and Disclosure Appeals" (2010) 14 Edinburgh Law Review 205-224

"Breaking Down Brennan" 2009 Juridical Review 155-170

Book Chapters

"Tort Law, Expression and Duplicative Wrongs " in Paul Miller and John Oberdiek (ed(s)), Civil Wrongs and Justice in Private Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), pp. 441-462

"Preparatory Offences" (with Stefanie Bock) in Antony Duff et al (ed(s)), Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 54-93

"R v Howe (1987)" (with Henry Mares, Ian Williams and Phil Handler (Eds),), Landmark Cases in Criminal Law (Hart Publishing, 2016)

"Scotland: A Plea for Consistency (with Fiona Leverick)" (with Stephen Thaman), Exclusionary Rules in Comparative Law (Springer, 2013), pp. 69-92

"Corporate Criminal Liability in Scotland: the Problems with a Piecemeal Approach" (with Mark Pieth and Radha Ivory), Corporate Criminal Liability: Emergence, Convergence and Risk (Springer, 2011), pp. 113-146

Reports

Post-corroboration Safeguards Review: Report of the Academic Expert Group

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