LY205 Study Guide - Euthanasia, Mens Rea, Actus Reus
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Review for first mid term professor o"reilly fall 2012 criminal law. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 only are on this examination as well as all material covered in lectures including dvds if shown. Distinction between true crimes and regulatory offences 2-4. Understand what happened in the chatterjee case 9. The oakes test, proportionality and in the thomson newspaper case decision 13- Analysis of actus reus in the crime of assault 22. The need for actus reus and mens rea to coincide- know the newell case 38-9. Factual causation versus legal causation- definition and difference 43. The majority decision in the rodriguez case -49. The smithers case and the finding of supreme court 51-2. The smith case and how it is enshrined in the criminal code of canada 56. Mens rea according to justice mclachlin in the case of theroux 67. The meaning of planned and deliberate and the case of smith (1980) 75.
