Criminal law in Queensland : principles, offences and defences / Andreas Schloenhardt, Joseph Lelliott, Carl Tessmann.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2026.

3rd edition

203378

Criminal law -- Queensland.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Queensland.

Part 1: General principles of criminal law

I: The meaning of criminal law

II: Sources of criminal law

III: Subjects of criminal law

IV: Elements of criminal responsibility

Part 2: Extensions of criminal liability

V: Inchoate liability

VI: Secondary liability

Part 3: Specific offences

VII: Fatal offences against the person

VIII: Non-fatal offences against the person

IX: Offences against liberty

X: Domestic and family violence

XI: Sexual offences

XII: Offences relating to property

XIII: Drug offences

Part 4: Defences and related matters

XIV: Mistake

XV: Self-help defences

XVI: Provocation and abusive domestic relationship

XVII: Mental impairment

XVIII: Intoxication

Part 5: Introduction to criminal procedure

XIX: Introduction to criminal procedure.

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. - Publisher's website.

Previous editon: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780455249667

lxxiii, 581 pages ; 25 cm