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Criminal Law

Crimes Act 1961, defences, complicity, homicide, sexual offences, police powers.

Dominant casebooks

  • Simester & Brookbanks · Principles of Criminal Law (Thomson Reuters)

Landmark cases

  • R v Wholesale Distributors Ltd [1962] NZLR 749

    Strict liability and statutory construction.

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