Publications
Books, research and academic writing across law, technology, cybercrime, criminology and legal education.
This page brings together my formally published work, including the latest editions of books, research reports, public evidence, a book chapter, journal articles, case notes and professional commentary.
Much of the work has been concerned with making complex subjects understandable. The books written with Emily Finch span legal method, core areas of law, criminology, employability and examination skills. My research and earlier writing focused particularly on cybercrime, computer misuse and the relationship between technological change, law and public policy.
For clarity, only the latest edition of each book is shown. Earlier editions, electronic formats and publisher bundles are not listed separately. Less formal and more recent writing appears under Articles.
Books
Legal Skills
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Legal Skills (10th edn, Oxford University Press 2025).
ISBN 9780198924722
A guide to the sources of law and the academic and practical skills needed throughout a law degree, from legal research and reasoning to writing, mooting, negotiation, drafting and employability.
View the book and accompanying resources →
Law Express: Contract Law
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Law Express: Contract Law (9th edn, Pearson 2025).
ISBN 9781292470351
A focused guide to the central principles, cases and statutes of contract law, designed to support revision and assessment.
Law Express: Criminal Law
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Law Express: Criminal Law (10th edn, Pearson 2025).
ISBN 9781292470375
A concise guide to criminal liability, offences and defences, with an emphasis on applying the law in assessments.
Law Express: English Legal System
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Law Express: English Legal System (10th edn, Pearson 2025).
ISBN 9781292469980
An introduction and revision guide to the institutions, sources, procedures and people of the English legal system.
Law Express: Tort Law
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Law Express: Tort Law (10th edn, Pearson 2025).
ISBN 9781292470450
A revision guide to negligence and the other principal areas of tort law, combining concise explanation with assessment guidance.
Criminology Skills
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Criminology Skills (3rd edn, Oxford University Press 2019).
ISBN 9780198799818
A combined guide to academic study and research methods in criminology, including source evaluation, statistics, research ethics, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and dissertation work.
Employability Skills for Law Students
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Employability Skills for Law Students (Oxford University Press 2014).
ISBN 9780199663231
A practical guide to recognising, developing and presenting the academic, professional and personal skills that support a career in law and beyond.
Law Express: Exam Success
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Law Express: Exam Success (2nd edn, Pearson 2014).
ISBN 9780273792871
A practical guide to revision, examination technique, essay questions, problem questions and the effective use of feedback.
Computer Misuse: Response, Regulation and the Law
Stefan Fafinski, Computer Misuse: Response, Regulation and the Law (Willan Publishing 2009; Routledge digital reissue 2014).
ISBN 9781843923794
A research monograph examining the nature and governance of computer misuse, the limits of the domestic criminal law and the role of legal and extra-legal responses.
Research, reports and public evidence
Mapping and Measuring Cybercrime
Stefan Fafinski, William H Dutton and Helen Margetts, Mapping and Measuring Cybercrime (Oxford Internet Institute Forum Discussion Paper No 18, 2010).
The outcome of an Oxford Internet Institute forum bringing together policymakers, police, industry and academics to examine how cybercrime should be defined, mapped and measured.
Protecting Europe against large-scale cyber-attacks
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Memorandum by Dr Stefan Fafinski’ in House of Lords European Union Committee, Protecting Europe against Large-Scale Cyber-Attacks (5th Report of Session 2009–10, HL Paper 68) 127–136.
Invited written evidence on international responses to cyber-attacks, public and private governance networks, and the role and effectiveness of computer emergency response teams.
We’ll Have No Trouble Here
Stefan Fafinski, ‘We’ll Have No Trouble Here’ in Criminal Justice Review 2009/10 (Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds 2010) 53–56.
A working paper examining the police power to direct people who present a risk of alcohol-related disorder to leave an area.
Read the review and working paper →
Computer Use and Misuse: The Constellation of Control
Stefan Frederick Fafinski, Computer Use and Misuse: The Constellation of Control (PhD thesis, University of Leeds 2008).
Doctoral research examining how computer misuse is constructed and governed through criminal law and a wider constellation of state and non-state controls.
Book chapter
Stefan Fafinski, ‘In the Back of the Net: Football Hooliganism and the Internet’ in Yvonne Jewkes (ed), Crime Online (Willan Publishing 2007) 109–127.
An examination of the way football-related disorder moved online, and of the relationship between networked communication, collective identity and offending.
Journal articles, case notes and professional commentary
2015
Stefan Fafinski and Emily Finch, ‘Offences against the Person: Alternative Verdicts’ (2015) 74 (Spring) Student Law Review 10–11.
2014
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Diminished Responsibility: “Substantial Impairment”’ (2014) 73 (Autumn) Student Law Review 14–15.
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, ‘Admissibility of Confession Evidence’ (2014) 73 (Autumn) Student Law Review 29–30.
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, ‘Insanity and Self-Defence’ (2014) 72 (Summer) Student Law Review 24–25.
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, ‘Improper Communications with the Jury’ (2014) 72 (Summer) Student Law Review 37.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Death by Driving: Double Strict Liability’ (2014) 71 (Spring) Student Law Review 16–17.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Interception of Mobile Voicemail’ (2014) 71 (Spring) Student Law Review 38–39.
2013
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, ‘Loss of Control; Voluntary Intoxication’ (2013) 69 (Summer) Student Law Review 12–13.
2012
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Tom Daley, Twitter and the Criminal Law’ (2012) 67 (Autumn) Student Law Review 12–13.
Stefan Fafinski and Emily Finch, ‘The Computer-Illiterate Deletion Defence’ (2012) 66 (Summer) Student Law Review 11–12.
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, ‘Acute Voluntary Intoxication’ (2012) 66 (Summer) Student Law Review 18–19.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Is Swearing at a Police Officer a Criminal Offence?’ (2012) 65 (Spring) Student Law Review 15–16.
2011
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Public Policy Responses to Cybercrime’ (2011) 3(2) Policy & Internet 1–6.
Elizabeth Church and Stefan Fafinski, ‘Social Networks, Crime and the Law’ (2011) 64 (Autumn) Student Law Review 13–14, 16.
2010
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Computer Misuse: Response, Regulation and the Law’ (2010) 395 SCOLAG 202.
2009
Stefan Fafinski, ‘The UK Legislative Position on Cybercrime: A 20-Year Retrospective’ (2009) 13(4) Journal of Internet Law 3–13.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Football Banning Orders’ (2009) 73(2) Journal of Criminal Law 128–131.
2008
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Computer Misuse: The Implications of the Police and Justice Act 2006’ (2008) 72(1) Journal of Criminal Law 53–66.
2007
Stefan Fafinski, ‘The Security Ramifications of the Police and Justice Act 2006’ (2007) 2007(2) Network Security 8–11.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Cyber Crime’ (2007) 157(7258) New Law Journal 159.
2006
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Computer Misuse: Denial-of-Service Attacks’ (2006) 70(6) Journal of Criminal Law 474–478.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Service Denied?’ (2006) 156(7248) New Law Journal 1712–1713.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Access Denied: Computer Misuse in an Era of Technological Change’ (2006) 70(5) Journal of Criminal Law 424–442.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Hacked Off’ (2006) 150(17) Solicitors Journal 560–561.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Double-Edged Swords’ (2006) 48(4) ITNOW 16–17.
2005
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Homicide: Consent and Horseplay’ (2005) 69(5) Journal of Criminal Law 394–396.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Consent and the Rules of the Game: The Interplay of Civil and Criminal Liability for Sporting Injuries’ (2005) 69(5) Journal of Criminal Law 414–426.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Identity Theft and the Internet’ Computing (December 2005) 32.
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Tackling Offences’ (2005) 149(21) Solicitors Journal 634.
Book review
Stefan Fafinski, ‘Economics of Identity Theft: Avoidance, Causes and Possible Cures by L Jean Camp’ (2009) 7(4) Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 286–287 (book review).
Editorial work
Stefan Fafinski (guest ed), ‘Cybercrime’ (2011) 3(2) Policy & Internet.
The special issue brought together multidisciplinary work on the policy consequences of crimes arising from the abuse of networked technologies.