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Part I - Foundation principles 1. Crime, punishment, and human rights 2. The conduct component of crime: Actus Reus 3. The mental component of crime: Mens Rea Part II - Substantive offences 4. Homicide 5. Non fatal offences against the person 6. Sexual offences 7. Property offences 8. Fraud and making off without payment Part III - Exculpatory conditions and defences 9. The principle of capacity 10. Defences 11. European criminal law Part IV - Inchoate offences and parties to crime 12. Incitement, conspiracy and attempt 13. Parties to crime

Janet Dine , Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London, James Gobert , Professor of Law, University of Essex, William Wilson , Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London