We use cookies to enable digital experiences.Disable them/read more. Browse on or click to
Questions and Answers: Criminal Law, 5th edition
A valuable revision and study guide for students of criminal law.
Select a format
One Year Subscription Only Terms
Subscribers receive the product(s) listed on the Order Form and any Updates made available during the annual subscription period. Shipping and handling fees are not included in the annual price.
Subscribers are advised of the number of Updates that were made to the particular publication the prior year. The number of Updates may vary due to developments in the law and other publishing issues, but subscribers may use this as a rough estimate of future shipments. Subscribers may call Customer Support at 800-833-9844 for additional information.
Subscribers may cancel this subscription by: calling Customer Support at 800-833-9844; emailing customer.support@lexisnexis.com; or returning the invoice marked 'CANCEL'.
If subscribers cancel within 30 days after the product is ordered or received and return the product at their expense, then they will receive a full credit of the price for the annual subscription.
If subscribers cancel between 31 and 60 days after the invoice date and return the product at their expense, then they will receive a 5/6th credit of the price for the annual subscription. No credit will be given for cancellations more than 60 days after the invoice date. To receive any credit, subscriber must return all product(s) shipped during the year at their expense within the applicable cancellation period listed above.
Product description
Questions & Answers: Criminal Law provides a brief introduction to core areas of criminal law and then poses a series of questions and answers to provide opportunities for students to practice answering questions. The work also outlines key issues, makes suggestions for further reading and provides examples of common pitfalls that students of criminal law may encounter.
Questions & Answers: Criminal Law has been helping students use legal material to answer tutorial, exam and practical questions with clarity and brevity. It is an invaluable aid for the efficient and successful study of law. The 5th edition will consider the new offence of strangulation and contain an expanded criminal procedure section, as well as updates on the case law and some new problems.
Features
• Provides a concise overview of core material covered in the criminal law courses at New Zealand universities
• Provides questions, identifies key issues that students need to cover in solutions and ‘model’ solutions
• Focus on key relevant cases
• Summary of key issues
• Further reading suggestions
• Common pitfalls identified
Related Titles
• Danica McGovern, Amy Hill, Student Companion: Criminal Law, 6th edition
• Brenda Midson, Terry Singh, Student Companion: Evidence, 3rd edition
• Julia Tolmie, Kris Gledhill, Fleur Te Aho & Khylee Quince, Criminal Law in Aotearoa New Zealand
• Ian Murray, A Practical Guide to Criminal Procedure in New Zealand, 2nd edition
Table of contents
Chapter One: Actus reus
Chapter Two: Mens rea
Chapter Three: Some procedural matters and categorisation of offences
Chapter Four: Homicide
Chapter Five: Non-fatal Offences Against the Person
Chapter Six: Parties to offences
Chapter Seven: Crimes against rights of property
Chapter Eight: Sexual offences
Chapter Nine: Defences – an overview and some common law defences
Chapter Ten: Insanity and automatism
Chapter Eleven: Self-defence and defence of another
Chapter Twelve: Compulsion