Criminal Law in Queensland

by Schloenhardt, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9780195562415
• ISBN10: 0195562410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Criminal Law in Queensland explores and analyzes the general principles and specific offenses under Queensland's criminal law, and draws comparisons, where relevant, to developments in common law and elsewhere. Unlike existing texts, the book also comprehensively covers the rapidly expanding are of federal criminal law and the general principles of criminal responsibility under the Criminal Code . This book offers some fresh and critical perspectives on many issues of contemporary criminal justice and presents old problems in new and comparative contexts.

Author Biography

Andreas Schloenhardt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law and Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. Andreas teaches criminal law, transnational organised crime, and immigration and refugee law.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases
General Principles of Criminal Law	p. 1
The Moaning of Criminal Law	p. 3
Sources of Criminal Law	p. 23
Subjects of Criminal Law	p. 37
Elements of Criminal Responsibility	p. 45
Extensions of Criminal Liability	p. 91
Inchoate Liability	p. 93
Secondary Liability	p. 125
Specific Offences	p. 149
Homicide	p. 151
Assault and Other Non-fatal Offences against the Person	p. 197
Sexual Offences	p. 241
Offences of Stealing and Dishonesty	p. 284
Drug Offences	p. 322
Defences and Related Matters	p. 353
Mistake	p. 355
Self-help Defences	p. 365
Provocation	p. 405
Mental Impairment	p. 430
Intoxication	p. 445
Case Matrix: Completed Offences	p. 458
Case Matrix: Attempted Offences	p. 460
Bibliography	p. 462
Index	p. 475
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