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MAIN VOLUME ; PART A: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW ; A1 Actus reus: the
external elements of an offence ; A2 Mens Rea ; A3 General defences ; A4
Parties to offences ; A5 Inchoate offences ; A6 Corporate Liability ; A7
Human rights ; A8 Territorial and extra-territorial jurisdiction ; A9
European Union Law ; PART B: OFFENCES ; B1 Homicide and related offences ; B2
Non-fatal offences against the person ; B3 Sexual offences ; B4 Theft,
handling stolen goods and related offences ; B5 Fraud, Blackmail and
Deception ; B6 Falsification, forgery and counterfeiting ; B7 Company,
commerical and insolvency offences ; B8 Damage to property ; B9 Offences
affecting security ; B10 Terrorism, piracy and hijacking ; B11 Offences
affecting public order ; B12 Offences relating to weapons ; B13 Offences
affecting enjoyment of premises ; B14 Offences against the administration of
justice ; B15 Corruption ; B16 Revenue customs and social security offences ;
B17 Offences involving misuse of computers ; B18 Offences involving writing,
speech or publication ; B19 Offences related to drugs ; B20 Offences relating
to dangerous dogs, hunting and animal welfare ; B21 Offences relating to
money laundering and the proceeds of criminal conduct ; B22 Immigration
offences ; PART C: ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES ; C1 Definitions and basic
principles in road traffic cases ; C2 Evidence and procedure in road traffic
cases ; C3 Offences relating to driving triable on indictment ; C4 Offences
relating to documents triable on indictment ; C5 Drink-driving offences ; C6
Summary traffic offences ; C7 Sentencing ; C8 The schedules 2 and 3 to the
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 ; PART D: PROCEDURE ; D1 Powers of
investigation ; D2 The decision to prosecute and diversion ; D3 Courts,
parties and abuse of process ; D4 Criminal procedure rules and case
management ; D5 Preliminary procedures in magistrates' courts ; D6
Classification of offences and determining mode of trial ; D7 Bail ; D8
Assets recovery ; D9 Disclosure ; D10 Sending cases from the magistrates'
court to the Crown Court ; D11 The indictment ; D12 Arraignment and pleas ;
D13 Juries ; D14 Special Measures and anonymity orders ; D15 Trial on
indictment: general matters and pre-trial procedure ; D16 Trial on
indictment: the prosecution case ; D17 Trial on indictment: the defence case
; D18 Trial on indictment: procedure between close of defence evidence and
retirement of jury ; D19 Trial on indictment: procedure relating to
retirement of jury and verdict ; D20 Trial on indictment: sentencing
procedure ; D21 Summary trial: general and preliminary matters ; D22 Summary
trial: the course of the trial ; D23 Sentencing in the magistrates' court ;
D24 Trial of juveniles ; D25 Civil behaviour orders: ASBOs, Closure Orders,
CPOs, and VOOs ; D26 Appeal to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
following trial on indictment ; D27 Procedure on appeal to the Court of
Appeal (Criminal Division) ; D28 Reference to the Court of Appeal (Criminal
Division) following trial on indictment ; D29 Challenging decisions of
magistrates' courts and of the Crown Court in its appellate capacity ; D30
Appeals to the House of Lords and the role of the European Court of Justice
and the European Court of Human Rights ; D31 Extradition ; D32 Public funding
; D33 Costs ; PART E: SENTENCING ; E1 Sentencing: general provisions ; E2
Custodial sentences: general provisions ; E3 Mandatory life sentences ; E4
Custodial sentences for dangerous offenders under the Criminal Justice Act
2003 ; E5 Prescribed custodial sentences ; E6 Suspended sentences under the
Criminal Justice Act 2003 ; E7 Custodial sentences: detention and custody of
offenders under 21 ; E8 Community Order under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 ;
E9 Youth rehabilitation orders ; E10 Referral order ; E11 Reparation orders ;
E12 Absolute and conditional discharges ; E13 Binding over ; E14 Orders
against parents ; E15 Fines ; E16 Compensation orders ; E17 Restitution
orders ; E18 Deprivation and forfeiture orders ; E19 Confiscation orders ;
E20 Recommendation for deportation ; E21 Exclusions and disqualifications ;
E22 Mentally disordered offenders ; E23 Notification requirements under the
Sexual Offences Act 2003 ; E24 Rehabilitation of offenders ; PART F: EVIDENCE
; F1 General principles of evidence in criminal cases ; F2 The discretion to
exclude evidence; evidence unlawfully, improperly or unfairly obtained ; F3
Burden and standard of proof and presumptions ; F4 Competence and
compellability of witnesses and oaths and affirmations ; F5 Corroboration and
Care Warnings ; F6 Examination-in-chief ; F7 Cross-examination and
re-examination ; F8 Documentary evidence and real evidence ; F9 Public policy
and privilege ; F10 Opinion evidence ; F11 Admissibility of previous verdicts
; F12 Character evidence: evidence of bad character of accused ; F13
Character evidence: admissibility of evidence of accused's good character ;
F14 Character evidence: evidence of bad character of persons other than the
accused ; F15 The rule against hearsay: general principles ; F16 Exceptions
to the rule against hearsay (excluding confessions) ; F17 The rule against
hearsay: confessions ; F18 Evidence of identification ; F19 Inferences from
silence and the non-production of evidence ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1 Codes of
Practice under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ; Appendix 2
Attorney-General's Guidelines ; Appendix 3 The CPS Code for Crown Prosecutors
; Appendix 4 Disclosure ; (SIMULTANEOUS) SUPPLEMENT 1 ; The Consolidated
Criminal Practice Direction ; The Criminal Procedure Rules 2012 ; Sentencing
Guidelines
