Thomson Reuters Criminal law in Queensland : principles, offences, and defen

Criminal Law in Queensland offers critical perspectives on the many facets of contemporary criminal justice, presenting those issues in their current and comparative contexts. This book seeks to: · facilitate the study of criminal law; · explore and analyse general principles of criminal law and its specific offences and defences; and · draw comparisons between developments in common law and in the various Australian criminal law jurisdictions. The book is divided into four parts: · Part 1 introduces the general principles of criminal responsibility, explores the sources and subjects of criminal law, and outlines the evolution of criminal law in Queensland. · Part 2 discusses extensions to criminal liability. · Part 3 focuses on specific offences. · Part 4 examines defences to criminal responsibility.