LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, The Offence
4 Feb 2018
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The act or omission (failure to act) that has been identified by parliament as sufficiently harmful to warrant state intervention. It is usually very easy to determine the actus reus if a crime by reading the ccc. To convinct a person of a criminal offence in canada, the crown must usually. Prove that two elements exisited at the same time the offence was committed: The act itself and the intention to commit the act. Demonstrates a voluntary action, omission or state of being that is prohibited by law. *mens rea plan and deliberate; specific intent; depending on the provision what the mens rea standard is. Demonstrates that the act was intentional, knowing negligent, reckless or willfully blind. A perso(cid:374) (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e fou(cid:374)d to ha(cid:448)e the (cid:374)e(cid:272)essary (cid:862)state of (cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:863) or mens rea for the offence before they can be found guilty. It is irrelevant whether or not the person knew that act was illegal ignorance of the.
