Summary of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Contents xvii
Using
this Book
xix
Table
of Constitutional provisions xxi
Table
of Statutes xxiii
Table
of Cases
lix
International lxxxix
�1.�� Overview of the Criminal Law.....................................1
�2.�� Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights ....19
�3....��
�4.�� Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction
.................................55
�5.�� Arrest, Detention, and Sending Forward
.................99
�6.�� The Indictment
..........................................................141
�7.��
Bail...............................................................................153
�8.��
Arraignment...............................................................191
�9.��
Juries............................................................................197
10.�
Trial.............................................................................207
11.�
Sentencing..................................................................245
12.� Criminal
Appeals......................................................291
13.� External or Physical Elements of an
Offence........329
14.� Mental or Fault or Internal elements of an
Offence .............................................................................................341
15.� Strict
Liability.............................................................371
16.� Vicarious
Liability.....................................................395
17.� Participation in Offences..........................................415
18.� Inchoate
Offences......................................................437
19.� Mental Disorder otherwise
Insanity.......................465
20.�
Intoxication.................................................................477
21.� Mistake of
Fact...........................................................501
22.� Duress and
Necessity................................................513
23.�
Murder........................................................................535
24.� Manslaughter and related
offences........................575
25.� Infanticide and related
offences..............................617
26.� Non-Fatal Offences against the
Person..................629
27.� Offensive Weapons and Syringe Offences............663
28.� Firearms
Offences.....................................................675
29.� Explosives
Offences..................................................721
30.� Sexual
Offences..........................................................735
31.� Prostitution and related
offences............................795
32.� Children and the Criminal
Law..............................807
33.� Theft
Offences............................................................863
34.� Deception and related offences...............................889
35.� False Accounting and Suppression of
Documents........................................................................917
36.� Burglary and related
offences.................................931
37.� Robbery and related
offences..................................947
38.� Handling Stolen Property and related
offences....963
39.� Forgery, Counterfeiting and related
offences.......981
40.� Criminal Damage to Property
..............................1009
41.� Unlawful Occupation of Land
..............................1027
42.� Misuse of Computers
.............................................1035
43.� Criminal Proceeds and related
matters................1045
44.� Criminal Organisations..........................................1089
45.� Public Order
Offences............................................1109
46.� Corruption
Offences...............................................1157
47.� Customs and Trafficking Offences
......................1183
48.� Revenue Offences ...................................................1215
49.� Misuse of Drugs Offences
.....................................1229
50.� Road Traffic Offences
............................................1330
51.� Offences Against the
State ....................................1461
52.� International Criminal Law
..................................1537
53.� Offences of a Public Nature
..................................1593
54.� Offences relating to Public Morality
....................1638
55.� Offences against the Administration of Justice ..1655
56.� Penalties for Offences
............................................1715
Table
of Penalties 1729
Tables
of Detention and Custody 1753
Index 1765