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study points

After reading this chapter, you will be able to understand:

•what is meant by the study of the ‘criminal law’

•how substantive criminal law differs from procedural or evidential law

•the definition of crime, and whether such definition is possible

•the principles and values that underpin the criminal law, and the functions of the criminal law

•the sources of the criminal law

•the process of the criminal justice system

•the basic principles of criminal liability.