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Offensive Weapons Robert S. Shiels The essential new guide to [knife dealer] licensing and criminal offences relating to offensive weapons • Covers all the key legislation relating to offensive weapons • Links together both the criminal offence and civic licensing aspects of the fight against offensive weapons • Encompasses a wide range of reported cases deciding the law

W. GREEN

Offensive Weapons Robert S. Shiels In recent years there has been substantial policy change in the way offensive weapons are licensed and legislated against in Scotland. The ‘grave social ill’ of knife crime has quite rightly become a matter of severe public concern. Where in the past the full emphasis of the law was placed upon prosecution of criminal acts related to the carrying of such a weapon, the boundaries of criminal law have now moved on and attempts are being made, under amendments to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1995, to regulate the sources of knives.

With knife dealers licenses now required the issue is as much civic as criminal, meaning that this text is essential to not only solicitors and Advocates and criminal courts, but also local government and law enforcement regulating such licensed premises.

This is the first edition of a Greens Essential Legislation title, having developed from two previous Offensive Weapons books by this same author. Offensive Weapons is a comprehensive statement of all the statutory law applicable to offensive weapons, also encompassing a wide range of reported cases deciding the law. The book contains a detailed list of what constitutes an offensive weapon with the author discussing in the text questions around facts and circumstances including how the potential weapon is carried or maintained.

This is the most up to date guide to the legislation surrounding offensive weapons. It is essential that both those working within criminal prosecutions and those involved with licensing are fully confident of finding their way around the law. Robert Shiels is a seasoned expert, ideally placed to navigate the reader around the increasingly complex legal issues involved in this regime.

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Reasons you need this book: • Covers all the key legislation relating to offensive weapons • Ties together both the criminal offence and civic licensing aspects of the fight against offensive weapons • Encompasses a wide range of reported cases deciding the law • Written by a seasoned expert, the ideal guide though the intricacies of the law • Includes a handy list and index of offensive weapons – allowing you to identify obscure weapons instantly

Contents include: • Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 (c. 37) • Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45) • Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) • Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) • Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 39) • Knives Act 1997 (c. 21) • Violent Crimes Reduction Act 2006 (c. 28) • Principles of Sentencing • List of offensive weapons • Index of offensive weapons

Robert S. Shiels is a Solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

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