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Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2007 provides a single, well-referenced, and affordable volume of all the material that is truly essential to criminal practice in the magistrates' court and in the Crown Court. Expert commentary of uncompromising quality has ensured the book's position as a leading reference for the criminal practitioner. The 2007 edition has been fully updated and revised to cover legislative changes which have recently occured including the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, the non-molestation orders of the Domestic Violence Act 2004, sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 newly in force, the Attorney General's Guidelines on Disclosure, and sections of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 newly in force. Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2007 provides a single, well-referenced, and affordable volume of all the material that is truly essential to criminal practice in the magistrates' court and in the Crown Court. Expert commentary of uncompromising quality has ensured the book's position as a leading reference for the criminal practitioner. The 2007 edition has been fully updated and revised to cover legislative changes which have recently occurred including; the Terrorism Act 2006; the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005; the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005; the sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 newly in force; the Attorney General's Guidelines on Disclosure; the Lord Chief Justice's Disclosure Protocol; the Protocol on the Control and Management of Heavy Fraud and other Complex Criminal Cases; and sections of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 newly in force. Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2007 is also available as a fully-linked CD-ROM, produced in Folio Views, which includes the full text of relevant statutes from 1996-2006 (including the Terrorism Act 2006, the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006, the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, and the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006); CPS Charging Stan