Definition and application -- Interpretation, proof and the rule of law -- The actus reus --Mens rea -- Strict and absolute liability -- Secondary participation -- Vicarious and corporate liability -- The inchoate offences -- Infancy -- ...
28 It is clear, e.g. from his reference to a "mere intention unevidenced by an observable act,"29 that he was interpreting "actus reus" as an act, resembling the narrow meaning of Austin and Holmes.30 Professor J. W. C. Turner adopted ...
Principles of Criminal Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions
This view is also supported by the decision in Geddes (1996). The appellant was seen by a teacher in the boys' lavatory block of a school. He had no right to be there. He had with him a rucksack which contained a large kitchen knife, ...
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This view is also supported by the decision in Geddes (1996). The appellant was seen by a teacher in the boys' lavatory block of a school. He had no right to be there. He had with him a rucksack which contained a large kitchen knife, ...
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