Strict Liability “The law presumes that mens rea is always required in criminal offences‚ unless it is clear that Parliament intended an offence to be one of strict liability”. Discuss. (25marks) The general principle of criminal law is that the prosecution must establish the presence of both actus reus and mens rea. As the majority of criminal offences are created by statute‚ Parliament will usually indicate the kind of mens rea required
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War. From observing the Civil war‚ Hobbes concluded that people are “naturally cruel‚ greedy‚ and selfish” (Ellis 183). Hobbes argued that a strict government was the only way to control people because without it‚ they would fight‚ steal‚ and oppress each other. Thomas Hobbes says that the only way to keep the people at bay is to have them obey strict laws. His favored government would be an absolute monarch because it “could impose order and compel obedience” (Ellis 183). In this government
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DEFENITION: STRICT LIABILITY RYLANDS V FLETCHER CASE i. FACTS ii. DIAGRAMATICAL REPRESENTATION iii. JUDGEMENT iv. EFFECTS OF THE CASE v. EFFECTS OF THE CASE IN INDIA vi. CONCLUSION vii. ESSENTIALS EXCEPTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY STRICT LIABILITY • A person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same or does not intentionally cause it or is careful or has taken steps to prevent the same. • e.g.‚ The defendant is liable to the neighbor
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4.2 Strict standards Furthermore the research on finding new antibiotics is strictly regulated under standards‚ licenses and regulations‚ which make the process of finding new antibiotics very hard and non-lucrative for companies [9]. Most antibiotic trials are based upon an equivalent already existing antibiotic. These trials underlay very strict standards‚ such as that the antibiotic which gets tested must achieve equivalent or similar efficiency as the older version. The amount to which the efficacy
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Should parents be strict with their children in order to help them succeed? Some parents choose to let their kids have fun and live the life they want. Other parents are strict with their kids to shape them into what they want their kid to be. The story “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler is about a strict mom‚ Daisy‚ who doesn’t let her son‚ Matt‚ do anything on his own. Parent’s rules and actions may impact a child’s emotional‚ academic and social well-being. When parents are strict with their kids
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Guns can be used for a lot more than violence so why take them away. Guns are used for a lot of different sports. People can use them for self-defence. Guns can be used to get food. Gun law should be less strict. Gun laws should be less strict because guns are used for a lot of different sports. There’s a part of the olympics called the three shotgun ISSF/ shooting event.“They shoot clay birds launchd by a trap”(jonsson). The event has very strict rules like you have to use a lever action and keep
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Topics in Criminal Law May 25‚ 2010 Abstract Strict liability crimes require no culpable mental state and present a significant exception to the principle that all crimes require a conjunction of action and mens rea. Strict liability offenses make it a crime simply to do something‚ even if the offender has no intention of violating the law or causing the resulting harm. Strict liability is based philosophically on the presumption that causing harm is in itself blameworthy regardless of the
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if stricter laws were in place. Guns can cause the death of countless lives because of murder‚ self defense‚ or an accidental occurrence. Therefore‚ stricter gun laws can decrease death rates in the United States. Moreover‚ states that do not have strict gun laws have higher deaths and injuries related to guns. Also‚ better background checks should be in place to prevent permitting guns to the wrong hands. Furthermore‚ the Second Amendment is used for the wrong reasons. The use of the assault weapons
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WHY TEENAGERS ARE SO WORLDLY? One of the most disheartening trends in the church today is the lack of enthusiasm displayed by teenagers concerning the things of God‚ in contrast with their fanatical fascination with the things of the world. Even children of very good Christian people seem to be caught up in the trend. In some churches‚ worldly gospel music is adopted to appeal to the youths. This is testimony to the fact that we have lost faith in the power of prayer and the Word of God to solve
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