a mental disorder‚ so he was not in the right state of mind and he was unable to perceive the nature of his acts and unable to tell right from wrong at the time. So in this case Robert would not be charged with Murder. GBH as insanity is a full defence‚ although Robert would have been given a hospital order as the courts also needs to consider Robert against current social concerns with public protection and risk prevention. In the case of Arnold v Robert‚ the two elements can be proved actus rea
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By: Audrey Hofstadter Summary: "The Founding Fathers: The Age of Realism" Summary of Section: I The reasoning behind the Constitution of the United States is presented as "based upon the philosophy of Hobbes and the religion of Calvin. It assumes the natural state of mankind in a state of war‚ and that the carnal mind is at enmity with God." Throughout‚ the struggle between democracy and tyranny is discussed as the Founding Fathers who envisioned the Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787 believed
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Textual Analysis: Hotel Rwanda (Terry George‚ 2004) The horrible evidence of what Kant variously called the wickedness‚ corruption and perversity of the human heart is‚ unfortunately‚ not encountered only in memory‚ it is also met with among our current experiences. We are daily obliged to witness fresh atrocities as ethnic and racial hatreds seek to express themselves in the annihilation of their proponents’ enemies. (Copjec‚ 1996;9) The above quote effectively demonstrates that debates on
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seemed like the long expected outcome of the plague unleashed upon Pakistan by the joint forces of the U.S. and Zia-ul-Haq‚ further fuelled by an ever growing rage at the U.S.’s war on terror and the Musharraf government’s forced alliance with George Bush‚ it was still hard not to feel some glimmer of hope at the fierceness of the media‚ which criticized the government and the U.S. and asked tough questions of various religious leaders. The media’s alliance with the judiciary even made one feel proud
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4 steps to writing about a poem 4 steps to writing about a poem 1. About the poet‚ his concerns 2. The story of the poem 3. Theme: idealises bush life 4. Techiques (how) Paterson constrasts this beauty of the bush with the harsh‚ dirty life in the city and the effect this has on people. • List a series of visual images‚ using adjectives and adverbs with negative connotations: ‘my dingy little office’ and a ‘stingy/Ray of sunlight struggle feebly down’ • Also uses sound images to create
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The defences of insanity‚ substantial impairment by abnormality of mind and automatism play a vital role in avoiding criminal liability. Principally‚ the defences reflect the idea that intellectually challenged individuals should not be penalised but rather treated of their mental impairment. However the outcomes of each defence have also been criticised as ‘anomalous and arbitrary’ due to conflicting legal and medical definitions. Consequently‚ support for the abolishment of these defences has
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On January 20‚ 2005‚ President George W. Bush was sworn into office for the second time on Capitol Hill‚ Washington D.C. exactly four years later‚ on the same date and in the same location‚ President Barack Obama was sworn into office. Both men gave an inaugural address to the American Nation on the day of each man’s inauguration. Bush and Obama both used a great deal of allusion and rhetoric in the inaugural speeches. While Bush was speaking to a country continuing on in a war‚ Obama spoke to that
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Outline the conditions that give rise to the need for law reform in world order and discuss the role of agencies of reform in achieving world order World order is the concept of peace and regulation within all nation states of the world. The most important component of world order is a world full of peace‚ greater equality and freedom from suffering. However the initiative of world order is evidently an ideal. For this reason‚ along with the changing nature of the law and the international community
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on the highway was momentary and involuntary. Third‚ it determines what defences are available to the defendant Many academic papers differentiate strict and absolute liability offences by the availability of the defence of mistaken yet honest belief‚ a common law defence. Where they are available liability is strict‚ where it is not available liability is absolute. The situation is made complex in case where defence are provided in the statue for the defendant to escape
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Revisted George W. Bush was the United States of America’s 43rd president. During his presidency‚ Bush faced many ground breaking decisions that would help mold the nation’s growth. One such issue was that regarding the use of government funds to support stem cell research (“George W. Bush”). Stem cell research has long been deemed a taboo subject. People’s opinions can vary greatly regarding the use of stem cells to further research. Former president‚ George W. Bush‚ offers the differing
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