The criminal codes : commentary & materials / by Thomas Crofts, Kelley Burton, Ross Martin, Toby Nisbet, Stella Tarrant.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2018.

7th edition

88095

The criminal codes : commentary and materials.

Criminal law -- Cases -- Queensland.

Criminal law -- Cases -- Western Australia.

1. Introduction to code-based criminal law

2. Constructing criminal law

3. Fatal offences against the person

4. Non-fatal, non-sexual offences, offences against the person

5. Sexual offences

6. Property offences

7. Provocation

8. Self-defence

9. Voluntariness, accident, intention and motive

10. Mental impairment

11. Mistake

12. Attempts

13. Conspiracies and parties.

This seventh edition of The Criminal Codes: Commentary and Materials has been substantially revised to increase overall clarity and to ensure a balanced examination of the criminal law in the "Code" States, Queensland and Western Australia. The work has been brought up-to-date in all areas. Fundamental principles of the criminal law are illustrated throughout the book by selected extracts from the Codes and case law, while additional materials foster critical reflection on the law and the need for reform. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2009.

9780455240190

xxxv, 782 pages ; 25 cm