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LexisNexis® offers an extensive range of publications covering Criminal law across several jurisdictions.

Practical Guidance Criminal

Practical Guidance Criminal is a how-to solution for criminal law practitioners in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia. It provides task-oriented guidance supported by on-point cases, legislation, checklists, precedents and time-saving tools, covering the procedural aspects of criminal law matters from time of arrest through to bail, trial, sentencing, appeals, and costs.

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Australian Criminal Trial Directions

Whether prosecuting or defending, Australian Criminal Trial Directions enables you to identify and make submissions upon the correct directions to be given to juries. It is useful in magistrates or summary courts. Australian Criminal Trial Directions is an essential tool for judges and magistrates in order to ensure they apply the correct law. The work is also a useful guide to substantive law relating to trial practice and procedure, and is intended as a first reference guide for barristers.

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Bourke's Criminal Law Victoria

Bourke's Criminal Law Victoria is an indispensable tool for criminal law practitioners across the State of Victoria. A subscription includes a subscription to Bourke's Criminal Law News Victoria, which provides digests of recent cases. Online and Lexis Red publishing occurs at least twice a month during periods of rapid legislative change.

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Carter's Criminal Law of Queensland

Your one-stop-shop for criminal law matters in Queensland, with an expert author team, including Justice Ryan, Judge Rafter, Judge Smith, and Magistrate Costanzo; all principle legislation covered and free newsletter included. Content in Carter’s Criminal Law of Queensland consists of, for the most part, annotated legislation. It includes over 70 Acts/Regulations, with the most important of these being comprehensively annotated by our expert authors throughout year – dozens of recent cases are included every year. The topic areas with the densest amount of annotations to legislation include the Criminal Code (Qld), Criminal Law Amendment Acts, Drugs, Summary Offences, Firearms, Criminal Practice Rules, Bail, Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, Mental Health, Police Powers, Confiscation and Justices. Online and Lexis Red publishing occurs (on average) at least twice a month and during periods of rapid legislative change occurs several times a month.

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Criminal Law News

This newsletter provides digests of recent cases and information about legislative developments to keep practitioners up to date with the latest happenings in NSW criminal law. Criminal Law News publishes 11 times a year and is usually 16 pages long. The newsletter is included as part of a subscription to Criminal Practice and Procedure NSW or can be subscribed to separately.

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Criminal Law South Australia

Criminal Law South Australia is an indispensable tool for criminal law practitioners across the State. All important legislation required for the conduct of a criminal matter from beginning to end is covered in this one publication, with annotations to legislative provisions authored by Master Peter Norman and Scott Henchliffe QC. Online and Lexis® Red publishing occurs (on average) at least twice a month and during periods of rapid legislative change occurs several times a month.

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Criminal Law Western Australia

Criminal Law Western Australia is an essential tool for criminal law practitioners, judicial officers, police, and individuals working in the area of criminal law in Western Australia. Online and Lexis Red publishing occurs (on average) at least twice a month. Annotations to legislation are instructive as to how legislative provisions operate in practice and how they have been interpreted by the authorities.

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Criminal Practice and Procedure New South Wales

Criminal Practice and Procedure NSW is an indispensable tool for criminal law practitioners across the State. Authored by the Hon Roderick Howie QC and the Hon Peter Johnson, it includes over 140 Acts/Regulations annotated by Howie and Johnson. Topics covered include Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Appeal and Review, Sentencing, Crimes Act, Bail, Drugs, Summary Offences, Firearms and Weapons, Children, Mental Health, and Investigation.

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Federal Criminal Law

Federal Criminal Law is an essential practice tool for anyone working in the field of federal criminal law. The thematic approach works especially well for practitioners who do not know the area well. Case references and expert annotations to legislative provisions enable the interpretation of legislation with ease. Federal Criminal Law deals with the primary areas of practice encompassing drugs offences, customs offences, corporations and tax offences, migration offences, social security offences, plus more. Online and Lexis Red publishing occurs (on average) at least twice a month and during periods of rapid legislative change occurs several times a month.

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Sentencing Law NSW

Sentencing Law NSW is a commentary work updated by Rod Howie QC (formerly a Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW) and Justice Bellew of the Supreme Court of NSW. The topics covered include general principles, statutory factors, procedure, sentencing options, children, advocacy, appeals, Local Court, specific offences, Cth offences and narcotic offences. The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), plus the Regulations, and extracts of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) are also included.

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