LLB 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Infant Mortality, Foodborne Illness, Homicide
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Criminal law week 1 (cid:1005). (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)se(cid:863)or traditional view of crime; (cid:1006). (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e as a (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)t(cid:863); a(cid:374)d: implications:solutions and how we allocate resources. Traditional view: crime is what the statute books say is a crime. Commonsense view: everyone knows a crime when we see it. Classic examples- murder, sexual assault, assault, robbery. Eg provocation, accidental killing or death, = manslaughter, homicide, murder, infanticide, self defense, negligence causing death, assisted suicide, food poisoning, corporate negligence, execution, infant mortality, drug overdose. How/why is an act characterised as a crime eg murder: Cri(cid:373)e is (cid:374)ot so(cid:373)e gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:858)o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t(cid:859) (cid:271)ut is rather produces in/through knowledge and power relations. Changes to law of provocation in context reduces murder to manslaughter (cid:858) ape(cid:859) i(cid:374) (cid:373)arriage removal of common law immunity (pga v the queen) 1980s in nsw. Regulatory crime (particularly from 19th century food, (cid:449)ater(cid:449)a(cid:455) et(cid:272) (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:455)rs ago (cid:449)ere(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)ri(cid:373)es.
