General Defences in Criminal Law (Substantive Issues in Criminal Law)

by Alan Reed (Author), Michael Bohlander (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2014

  $177.04

  The law relating to general defences is one of the most important areas in the criminal law, yet the current state of the law in the United Kingdom reveals significant problems in the adoption of a consistent approach to their doctrinal and theoretical underpinnings, as exemplified by a number of recent developments in legislation and case law.