Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Crime and the criminal law -- Judge and jury -- The moral and constitutional limits of the criminal law -- Intention -- Recklessness and negligence -- Fault as to circumstances -- Strict liability -- Attributed acts -- Corporations: exceptions to strict liability -- The external elements of an office -- Causation -- Non-fatal offences against the person -- Sexual aggression -- Murder -- Involuntary manslaughter -- The foetus and the new-born child -- Complicity -- Attempt -- Conspiracy -- Other inchoate offences -- Ignorance of law and superior orders -- Intoxication -- discipline and authority -- Private and public defence --- Loss of control -- Consent and entrapment -- Necessity -- Duress and coercion -- Automatism -- Criminal capacity and insanity -- Diminished responsibility -- Theft -- Damage and trespass --