SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW

• Criminal law ensures every citizen understands what is acceptable conduct. The state sets out and describes criminal behaviour, either through Acts of Parliament or through judicial interpretation of the law
• Acts of Parliament - Theft Act (1968) or the Offences Against the Person Act (1861)
• Judges interpret the law set out in Acts of Parliament and occasionally change their view as to the meaning of an Act or the definition of what constitutes a particular crime