structure for Criminal Law application questions – example answer. In response to questions from the Jan’ ’10 exam. 1bi) “Discuss the criminal liability of Ashok for the incident at the traffic lights.” * Identify and Define Ashok could be criminally liable for the common law offence of assault; an assault takes place when the defendant intentionally or recklessly causes the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful violence. * Explain Actus Reus and Mens Rea The actus reus of this offence
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or nervous condition of the woman‚ to diseases either inherited or acquired (syphilis‚ tuberculosis‚ rheumatism); to any infectious‚ contagious‚ or inflammatory disease; to shock‚ injury‚ or accident. It may be induced knowingly‚ willingly‚ and criminally by the pregnant person herself‚ or by someone else‚ with the aid of drugs‚ or instruments‚ or both. Naturally‚ therefore‚ the physical effects of abortion will depend in direct ratio on the causation thereof‚ and the comparative malignity or
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the external conditions are right—many of us actually do. We do it out of jealousy‚ rage‚ self-defense‚ greed‚ and revenge. Moreover‚ it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to observe that wars kill people‚ nor are they necessarily the domain of the insane. When moral boundaries are drawn differently‚ a lot of people comply by engaging in behavior they otherwise wouldn’t. Including murder. From draftees to presidents. Consider that Obama probably never thought taking someone’s life would become part
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are considered more likely to be rehabilitated from offending behavior‚ and the imposition of any criminal penalty at such a young age may prevent this from occurring. For these reasons‚ children under the age of 10 are deemed by law never to be criminally liable. 10-13 years old * The rebuttable presumption of doli Incapax applies to children 10 to 13 years of age. * Once a child turns 10 years old‚ they are still presumed incapable of committing a criminal offence‚ but this presumption
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Attila Nagy 9/18/2017 ENC3465 Legal Brief 3 State of New York v. Robert Strong Facts Robert Strong belongs to the Sudan Muslim religious faith‚ which later named him one of the leaders. As part of a well-known ceremony‚ he performed a religious exercise on the victim by plunging three knives into his chest to stop his heartbeat and breathing without any health repercussion thereafter. Even though this has occurred for over forty years without any fatality‚ the victim did not survive this exercise
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Paul is likely to be found criminally liable for rape. A person commits the offence of rape if he intentionally penetrates another person’s vagina‚ anus or mouth without the other person giving consent to the penetration and the perpetrator does not believe the victim consents to the act. The main element required to establish rape is the lack of consent. Lack of consent is characterise by the use of force or threats by the perpetrator‚ deception and where the victim was unaware of what was happening
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Discuss how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly (12 marks) Most criminologists would agree that the majority of criminal and/or deviant behaviour both stems and/or develops during either childhood or the early years of adolescence. Therefore‚ many how deduced that the adequacy of socialising in the home by parents is likely to have an effect and possible even result in teenage criminal and deviant
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Early‚ June 20th‚ 2001‚ a phone called was made to the Houston‚ Texas police department by Andrea Yates‚ a wife‚ and mother of 5. While the call seemed to lack urgency‚ it wasn’t until two officers responding to the call arrived at the Yates resident‚ where Angela Yates admitted to the gruesome killing of her five children‚ ranging from ages 6 months-7 years of age. Angela arose at 8:10 that morning‚ patiently waiting on her husband to leave for work‚ following her husband’s departure‚ Angela immediately
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crime S2 W2 / kraɪm / noun 1 [ uncountable ] illegal activities in general : We moved here because there was very little crime. Police officers are being given new powers to help combat crime. a police crackdown on car crime a town with a relatively low crime rate 2 [ countable ] an illegal action‚ which can be punished by law : He insisted that he had not committed any crime. men who have been found guilty of violent crimes crime against Crimes against the elderly are becoming
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OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS REVIEWER TITLE I – OBLIGATIONS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 1156. An obligation is a juridical necessity to give‚ to do‚ or not to do. JURIDICAL NECESSITY – juridical tie; connotes that in case of noncompliance‚ there will be legal sanctions. - An obligation is nothing more than the duty of a person (obligor) to satisfy a specific demandable claim of another person (obligee) which‚ if breached‚ is enforceable in court. - A contract necessarily gives rise to an obligation
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