defendant who seeks to avoid criminal liability on the basis that s/he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the alleged crime must have a defence that falls within one of the following‚ legally recognised‚ categories: Insanity‚ Diminished Responsibility or Automatism. While‚ at one level or another‚ these "mental disorder defences" share common characteristics‚ they each differ significantly. Unfortunately‚ this point does not appear to be fully appreciated in English Law." Discuss
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Offences Defences Punishmen t PART 1: OFFENCES Refer to group presentation power points Textbook pages will cover most major offences Refer to Queensland Criminal Code (1899)for more detail Part 2: Defences • Chapter 5 of the QLD Criminal Code (1899) is entitled Criminal Responsibility • If the accused can prove any of the defences of excuses in Chapter 5‚ then he or she will not be criminally responsible for the act or omission for which they are being charged • Once the defence is raised
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save unsecured creditors. We will also find out how directors become liable for their action in regard to insolvent trading and if they breach any law for insolvent trading what are the consequences they have to suffer and also law has given some defences for insolvent trading for directors in order to avoid penalty. S9 defines a director of a company- a person who is appointed to the position of a director or alternate director regardless of the name given to their position. Managing director is
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Critical Evaluation of Murder Main Problems * Mens rea – intention to kill OR commit serious harm * Oblique intent * Degrees of murder – mandatory life sentence. * No defence available if excessive force is used in self defence * Duress defence not available for murder. Mens Rea Currently‚ an intention to kill or cause serious harm is sufficient mens rea for murder. The Commission notes that Parliament never intended a killing to amount to murder unless the defendant
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THE CHALLENGES OF JOINT OPERATIONS IN THE RBAF – PROBLEMS OF DOCTRINE AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1. Modern states tailor their defence capabilities to meet their foreign and security policy needs. Such capabilities are provided by weapon systems and trained personnel which are employed according to fundamental military principles. The uncertainties of threat and complexities of risk in the contemporary world demand a wide range of military capabilities. Furthermore‚ in most
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Flood defence funding of £120m announced Many parts of UK have been flooded after heavy storms in recent years. The government has announced £120m of funding for flood defences‚ as households across Britain contend with the aftermath of heavy storms. Ministers estimate that the money‚ which will be delivered between next year and 2015‚ will improve flood protection for up to 60‚000 homes. It comes just days after about 800 UK homes were flooded in recent storms. Labour said it shows how "shortsighted
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Sutherland took the unusually bold step of predicting the stable foundations of Canadian defence policy for the next four decades‚ even though he was writing at the height of Cold War tensions and amidst revolutionary developments in nuclear weapons technology. An economist‚ cavalry officer and operational analyst with experience of World War Two and the Korean conflict‚ much of Sutherland’s work for the Department of Defence remains classified and although his career was cut short by his untimely death in
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In human society taboo is a strong prohibition (or ban) related to certain behaviors and habits‚ declared as "sacred and forbidden". Breaking a taboo is usually considered a repulsive thing and censured from the community. The term is derived from the Tonga and is present in many Polynesian cultures. In these cultures‚ a taboo also has religious significance. The term taboo is precisely the condition of people‚ objects and actions isolated and prohibited because of the danger represented by their
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devout Muslim and one a committed atheist‚ bear identical names. A memorably ferocious tiger at the zoo bears the name Richard Parker as the result of a clerical error in which human and animal names were reversed.[9] Pi is raised a Hindu who practices vegetarianism. As a fourteen-year-old he investigates Christianity and Islam and decides to become an adherent of all three religions‚ saying he "just wants to love God."[10][11] He tries to understand God through the lens of each religion and comes to recognize
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against animal cruelty‚ it benefits the environment and one’s health. There are so many reasons as to why one should avoid animal products‚ but the most universal one is because eating animals is speciesism‚ unethical‚ and cruel. In the article‚ “Vegetarianism: for the Animals” it is proven that animals controlled by large corporations such as cows‚ pigs‚ and chickens live in crowded‚ filthy environments and are given growth hormones‚ antibiotics‚ genetic manipulation and intensive production techniques
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