General defences in criminal law : domestic and comparative perspectives / edited by Alan Reed, Northumbria University, UK; and Michael Bohlander, Durham University, UK; with Nicola Wake, Northumbria University, UK; and Emma Smith, Northumbria University, UK.

How criminal defences work / William Wilson
Avoiding criminal liability and excessive punishment for persons who lack culpability : what can and should be done? / Bob Sullivan
Prior fault : blocking defences or constructing crimes / J.J. Child
Transfer of defences / Michael Bohlander
Consent in the criminal law : the importance of relationality and responsibility / Jonathan Herring
Good and harm, excuses, and justifications, and the moral narratives of necessity / Susan Edwards
Duress and normative moral excuse : comparative standardisations and the ambit of affirmative defences / Alan Reed
Of blurred boundaries and prior fault : insanity, automatism, and intoxication / Arlie Loughnan and Nicola Wake
Mistaken private defence : the case for reform / Claire de Than and Jesse Elvin
Statutory defences of reasonableness : inexcusable uncertainty or reasonable pragmatism / Christopher J. Newman.

How do they do that? Automatism, coercion, necessity, and Mens Rea in Scots criminal law / Claire McDiarmid
In a spirit of compromise : the Irish doctrine of excessive defence / John E. Stannard
Australia / Mirko Bagaric
Canada / Kent Roach
France / Catherine Elliott
Germany / Kai Ambos and Stefanie Bock
Islamic law / Mohammad M Hedayati-Kakhki
The Netherlands / Erik Gritter
New Zealand / Julia Tolmie
South Africa / Gerhard Kemp
Sweden / Petter Asp and Magnus Ulväng
Turkey / R Murat Önok
United States of America / Luis E Chiesa.