Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgements Table of Cases Table of Legislation Commonly Used Abbreviations Part I. Determining the Appropriate Scope of the Criminal Law 1. Philosophical Underpinnings 2. Principles of Criminalisation 3. Harming and Offending 4. Fairness and Justice in Criminalisation Part II . Foundations 5. Procedural Framework and Sources 6.

Actus Reus and Mens Rea 7. General Principles of Liability 8. Preventive Offences Part III. Offences which Threaten or Harm Bodily Integrity 9. Homicide 10. Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person 11. Sexual Offences Part IV. Offences which Threaten or Harm Interests in Property 12.

Crimes of Dishonesty 13. Other Property-Related Crimes Part V. Offences which Protect the Course of Justice and Public Order 14. Offences Against the Course of Justice 15. Public Order Offences 16. Offensive Behaviours Part VI. Statutory Offences and Business Crime 17. General Principles of Statutory Offences 18.

Business Crime, Regulatory Offences, 'White Collar' Crime and Corporate Liability Part VII. Defences 19. Alibi, Incrimination, Non-Age, Error and Consent 20. Mental Disorder, Unfitness for Trial, Diminished Responsibility, Intoxication and Automatism 21. Coercion, Necessity, Self-Defence, Provocation, Superior Orders and Entrapment Part VIII 22. Concluding Remarks Index.