• Publication Date: November 20, 2006
  • EAN: 9781862875586
  • 576 pages; 6" x 8⅝"
Filed Under: Criminal Law

Criminal Laws in Australia

$125.00

Product Description

This major new text examines the core features of criminal law in all Australian jurisdictions. It builds upon the trend of recent High Court decisions to provide national solutions that will work so far as possible in all Australian jurisdictions, whether code or common law.

Professor David Lanham and his co-authors at Melbourne Law School cover both general principles and specific offences. The latter include murder, manslaughter, abortion and euthanasia, assaults, threats, bodily harm and endangerment offences, sexual offences, theft and larceny, false pretences and deception, and offences involving financial advantage, benefits and detriments.

There is significant novelty in the very close analysis of the central role played by defences in assessing criminality. This is accompanied by detailed discussion of general topics such as the different forms of criminal liability, and preliminary crimes such as attempts, incitement and conspiracy. There is also a chapter on accomplices, including aiding and abetting, innocent agency, and acting in concert and causation as a basis of joint liability.

Three additional introductory chapters – What is a Crime? The Purposes of Criminal Law, and The Anatomy of a Crime – intended particularly for students, are published electronically – see Supplements below.

1. Introduction

1A. What is a Crime (online only – see Supplement below)

1B. The Purposes of Criminal Law (online only – see Supplement below)

1C. The Anatomy of a Crime (online only – see Supplement below)

2. Defences

3. Provocation

4. Homicide

5. Personal Injury Offences

6. Sexual Offences

7. Offences of Dishonesty

8. Crimes with Diminished Fault Elements

9. Preliminary Crimes

10. Accomplices

11. Conclusion

Tables and Index – online only Table of Cases to Chapters 1A, 1B and 1C (online only – see Supplement below)Table of Statutes to Chapters 1A, 1B and 1C (online only – see Supplement below)Index to Chapters 1A, 1B and 1C (online only – see Supplement below)

One of the strengths of the work is its concise examination of the law in differnet jurisdictions when examining particular offences or defences.

The text is a useful introductory work in relation to the overall state of criminal law in all Australian jurisdictions. – (2008) 28 Qld Lawyer 193

This is an intelligent book, not the least because as the authors confirm, in the writing they engaged in spirited discussion, occasionally agreeing to disagree. Criminal law has been a site for contention and disagreement, propelling legislative intervention and numerous law reform reports. It is to be hoped that th author continue their collaboration… – Law Institute Journal of Victoria, July 2007

Scroll to Top