The Art of Legal Problem Solving: A Criminal Law Approach is a sophisticated skills book designed to help students develop the problem-solving techniques necessary for their legal careers. This succinct yet comprehensive book provides the perfect mix of general instruction and specific examples to encourage students to think about problems both in depth and broadly. It follows a clear roadmap presented in a logical progression, beginning with the fundamentals, fact finding and statutory in...

Criminal Law Perspectives: From Principles to Practice provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to criminal law for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It takes a comparative approach to the law, focusing on New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and the Commonwealth Criminal Code, as well as the South Australian jurisdiction. Now in its second edition, Criminal Law Perspectives maintains its logical structure and clear explanations of complex concepts...

Australian Uniform Evidence Law is an essential textbook for students and emerging practitioners. Providing a practical and clear introduction to this complex subject, the text covers the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) and its operation across uniform Evidence Act jurisdictions. The textbook highlights the legislative extracts for each uniform evidence jurisdiction and discusses cases that inform the application of these provisions. The third edition includes updated cases and changes to the law,...

Criminal Law Perspectives: From Principles to Practice is an engaging introduction to the criminal law in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and the Commonwealth Criminal Code. It takes a comparative approach to the law in these jurisdictions, focusing on prevalent summary offences, substantive federal offences and criminal procedure. Complex concepts are explained and contextualised by linking them to practical applications. Each chapter is supported by tools for ...

This book examines the way in which undercover police investigation has come to be regulated in Australia. Drawing on documentary and doctrinal legal analysis, this book investigates how, in the space of a single decade, Australian law makers set out to regulate one of the most difficult aspects of police: undercover investigation. In so doing, the Australian experience represents a paradigm model. And yet despite its success, it is a system of law and practice that has a dark side – a mod...

This world is made of mostly dragons. A small percentage of these dragons have extraordinary abilities. These special dragons are called Neons. The easiest way to tell them apart from normal dragons is their scale color. The scales of these Neon dragons have a very bright color with a liquid-like texture. Some scales form patterns. The patterns have a glow of the dragon’s corresponding color and are the source of energy. Using this power for trivial reasons is an unspoken rule that not eve...

A Guide to Criminal Law, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to the legal system and the area of criminal law as it affects people in a day-to-day capacity. The book is clear and concise and covers all the relevant areas of the criminal justice system and is designed for those people who either wish to understand more about the legal system or wish to know more about a specific area of law.

William Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and Course Convenor and Chief Examiner for criminal law on the University of London International Laws Programme.

An introduction to the complexities of law, with clarityElliott & Quinn’s English Legal System, 21st Edition, by Allbon and Dua provides a deep understanding of the English Legal System and how it works in practice. This text has been relied upon by generations of students and is renowned for its wide-ranging coverage and signature writing style.Key features include:Topical debates to engage you in the discussion points and reforms of todayRelating t...

Key Facts Key Cases: Criminal Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Criminal Law module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for:the important concepts of actus reus, mens rea and strict liabilitythe main fatal and non-fatal offences against the persona wide range of property offencesgeneral defencesthe topics of partici...

Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing the right to silence. The right to silence has served as the practical expression of the principles that an individual was to be considered innocent until proven guilty, and that it was for the prosecution to establish guilt. In 1791, the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution proclaimed that ...

Chris Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Bradford University Law School.