''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' is a book about

English criminal law English criminal law concerns offences, their prevention and the consequences, in England and Wales. Criminal conduct is considered to be a wrong against the whole of a community, rather than just the private individuals affected. The state, in ...

. The First Edition was published by

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in 1991. The Twenty-seventh Edition was published by

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in 2016. In 2016, the Judicial Executive Board selected ''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' 2017 as the principal practitioner text for all criminal courts in England and Wales. The Editors in Chief are Professor David Ormerod KC and David Perry KC. David Ormerod was previously the joint editor (since 2008) with Lord Justice Hooper. It is one of the "main" books that lawyers practising on the criminal side use. The

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describe this book as a "standard source" and as a "recognised legal textbook", and say that the legal guidance given on their website is no substitute for a book such as this one. By 2002, it was the "leading" work for proceedings in the

magistrates' courts A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings. Courts * Magistrates' court (England and Wales) * Magistrate's Cour ...

.Jowett, Christian. "Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2002" (2002) 152 ''

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. *Hooper and Ormerod. ''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' 2011. Supplement 1. 2010. Oxford University Press

Digitized copies from Google Books. *David Ormerod. ''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' 2012. 2011. Oxford University Press
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from Google Books. *Hooper and Ormerod. ''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' 2012. Supplement 1. 2011. Oxford University Press
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from Google Books. *''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' 2012. Supplement 2. 2012. Oxford University Press
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from Google Books. *Hooper and Ormerod . ''Blackstone's Criminal Practice'' 2012. Supplement 3. 2012. Oxford University Press
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