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    <title>Textbook on criminal law in Ghana</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Korang Daniel</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>2021</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1985</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xli, 478 p. ; 20 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: Definition, nature and scope of criminal law -- Sources of the criminal law -- Classification of offences -- The purposes of the criminal law -- Administration of criminal justice in Ghana -- The principle of legality -- Morality and criminal law -- The burden and standard of proof in criminal matters - Principles (elements) of criminal liability -- Causation -- The rule against double jeopardy -- Criminal punishment -- Inchoate offences: Understanding inchoate offences -- Preparation for committing certain criminal offences -- Attempt to commit criminal offences -- Conspiracy -- Abetment of crime -- General exemptions and defences in criminal law: General exemptions from criminal liability -- General defences(partial defences) -- Complete defences -- Offences against the person: Fatal offences against the person -- Non-fatal offences against the person -- Sexual offences -- Offences against the rights of property: Offences against rights of property -- </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Daniel Korang</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
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    <topic>Criminal law</topic>
    <geographic>Ghana</geographic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">KRX3800.K84</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="19">345.667 346.6705</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9789988311742</identifier>
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