Criminal law in Queensland and Western Australia : cases and commentary / by Eric Colvin, John McKechnie and Elizabeth Greene.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Australia, 2026.

11th edition

203381

Criminal law -- Queensland -- Cases.

Criminal law -- Western Australia -- Cases.

Part 1: Introductory matters

1. The structure of criminal law --2. Persuasive and evidentiary burdens

Part 2: Offences

3. Homicide

4. Murder and manslaughter

5. Assaults and injuries

6. Sexual violence

7. Property offences

8. Drug offences

9. Commonwealth offences

Part 3: Defences

10. The role and range of defences

11. Lack of will and accident

12. Mistake of fact

13. Ignorance of law

14. Self-defence and other defensive force

15. Provocation

16. Compulsion, emergency and medical necessity

17. Insanity, automatism, diminished responsibility

18. Intoxication

Part 4: Participation in offences

19. Inchoate liability

20. Secondary liability

21. Capacity to commit offences

Part 5: Criminal procedure

22. Principles of criminal procedure

23. Controlled operations

24. Search, seizure, surveillance and identification

25. Arrest, bail and investigative procedures

26. Questioning and confessions

27. Charges and prosecutions

28. Committals and trials

29. Verdicts

30. Appeals

Part 6: Consequences of conviction

31. Sentences and other orders.

This book covers the Criminal Codes of Queensland and Western Australia and other significant state and Commonwealth legislation, together with related court decisions. The commentary and case extracts provide essential reading for students and are a convenient and authoritative reference for practitioners. The eleventh edition has been fully revised and updated. Important recent decisions and other developments discussed in this edition include: The new offences of coercive control and stalking; Extensions to police investigative powers; Queensland legislation on the meaning of 'no consent' in sexual offences and the scope of the defence of mistaken belief in consent; Provisions of the Evidence Act 2025 (WA) on the exclusion of wrongfully obtained evidence; New cases from the High Court of Australia: R v Anna Rowan (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 9 - duress; Dayney v R [2024] HCA 22 (self-defence); McNamara v R [2023] HCA 36 (nature of adversarial process); DPP (Cth) v Kola [2024] HCA 14 (conspiracy to import a commercial amount of cocaine); HCF v R [2023] HCA 35 (conduct of juries); Brawn v R [2025] HCA 20 and MDP v R [2024] HCA 24 (appeals and miscarriages of justice); New Queensland cases: R v Struhs [2025] QSC 10 (reckless indifference and foresight of risk); R v MDY [2024] QCA 119 (withdrawal of consent); R v DCE [2024] QCA 165 (nature of insult); R v Thrupp [2024] QCA 134 (knowledge required for an aider); R v Duncan [2025] QCA 187 (discretion to conduct a search); R v Anderson [2025] QCA 105 (admissibility of partly inaudible recording of admissions); New Western Australia cases: SOWA v Chocolich [2024] WASC 346 (role of independent counsel when accused is unable to give instructions due to mental impairment); Li v SOWA [2025] WASCA 75 (proof of bodily injury). - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criminal law in Queensland and Western Australia

9780409362947

lxxv, 979 pages ; 25 cm