Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Criminal Negligence, Reasonable Person

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

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Causation: factual cause but for test, legal cause, need not be the sole cause, significant contributing cause, thin skull rule, novus actus interveniens (nai, new act intervening ii. As v lies dying, b shoots v in the head and instantly kills her: a has not caused the death (cid:224) dies from bullet wound, a hits v on the head and leaves v"s unconscious body, on the 401 where a truck runs over and kills v, a has caused the death, on the steps in front of the law school where, after a terrorist bomb explodes, the building collapses on v and kills him, no, something new that breaks the chain of causation, after checking the arena, a is about to begin his daily archery practice. Does not include: remoteness, knowledge of illegality, enthusiasm, motive, prove or disprove as the case may be, not necessary or part of intention, recklessness.