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We must now examine some of the characteristics of the basic building blocks that make up the hundreds of different criminal offences. These underlying principles reveal a coherence in the criminal law, which makes it easier to analyse and understand particular offences.
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Herring, J., Cremona, M. (1998). The External Elements. In: Criminal Law. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13561-5_3
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