Includes index.

Contents: The general defences(I) general exemptions: Introduction -- Infancy -- Isanity -- Automatism -- Insane delusion -- General defences(II) partial defence: Introduction -- Intoxication -- Execess of justifiable force -- legal duty/superior orders -- Lactational psychosis -- Duress -- General defences complete defences(I): Introduction -- Justifiable harm -- Lawful authority -- Preservation of public order -- Defence of statutory authority -- Arrest or recapture of a felon -- Neccessity for the prevention or defence against crime -- Self-defence and the defence of another's person -- Non-justifiable use of force -- Defence of property -- Preservation of order on board a vessel -- Correction of a child or minor servant -- Nature of permissible force -- Involuntary intoxication --Claim of right -- Necessity -- Defence of accident -- General defence(III) complete defence: Introduction -- Consent -- The limits of the rights to consent -- Consent to medical treatment as exeception to the rule on limits -- Revocation of consent -- Ignorance/mistake of fact or law -- Inchoate offences(I): Introduction -- Consipiracy -- Attempts -- Preparation -- Inchoate offences(II) accessorial liabilty: Introduction -- Instigation -- Command -- Procuring -- Aiding -- Encouragement -- Facilitate -- Promote -- Liability for joint enterprise -- Special provision in respect of riots -- Defences.