Eburn, Michael E

Howie, Roderick N

Sattler, Paul

2014

The first edition of this book was written when the original authors, Michael Eburn and Robert Hayes, were teaching criminal law at the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, NSW. It was designed to fill a gap by providing a text for a one semester course that covered the subjects necessary to meet the learning objectives for criminal law prescribed by the Legal Profession Admission Rules. A book designed for that purpose cannot, and does not, aim to cover the entire range of criminal offences, nor does it aim to provide a critical analysis of the criminal law. It was intended to assist students, early in their legal career, to identify the law and to understand how the statutes that are passed by parliament are supplemented and interpreted by the courts. That was our intention when we wrote the first edition and it remains our intention today. A most significant change between the third edition and the present edition has been a change in authors. Sadly Robert Hayes died in 2011. Robert was an inspirational teacher and keen advocate for the less advantaged in society. When he left UNE he took up a position at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) where he continued to inspire his students and motivate them to achieve. Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the Robert Hayes Memorial Scholarship for Law that is available to support third or fourth year law students at UWS who have demonstrated a passion for and commitment to the law and who can demonstrate financial or other hardship or who are the first in their family to attend university. Two new authors have come on board for the fourth edition: the Honourable Roderick Howie, a former judge of the NSW Supreme Court, and Paul Sattler, solicitor and lecturer in law at the UNE. Rod, who is also a co-editor, with Peter Johnson, of Howie and Johnson's 'Annotated Criminal Legislation of NSW' (LexisNexis) and editor of the LexisNexis service, 'Criminal Practice and Procedure' NSW, brings to the work an encyclopaedic knowledge of the criminal law which has informed the entire work. Paul brings both practical and academic experience and maintains the book's links to the UNE. Michael Eburn remains a contributing author, though he has now moved from the UNE to the Australian National University in Canberra. The book remains true to its original philosophy, providing a careful analysis of the legislation and case law that define the chosen criminal offences in New South Wales as well as the provisions that govern criminal procedure. It states the law as at May 2013.

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