LAWS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Actus Reus, Indictable Offence, Implied Consent
9 Feb 2018
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Send message to others on what will happen if they commit that offence - general. Major issues in criminal law: procedural issues. Issues that have to do with the procedure of the system itself. Intention - crime does not have to intentionally committed, get the consequence either way: discretion - wrongful convictions. Substantive issues: why are somethings considered criminal and some just considered problematic. The basic elements of a crime: me(cid:374)s rea - guilty mind (mental) have to use external factors and infer what they intended. We (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) get i(cid:374)side people"s heads o(cid:396) k(cid:374)o(cid:449) fo(cid:396) su(cid:396)e (cid:449)hat thei(cid:396) t(cid:396)ue i(cid:374)te(cid:374)t (cid:449)as, operate in this scenario) rather than subjective standard (what would you have intended) T(cid:396)(cid:455) to get a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d this (cid:449)ith objective standard (how would a reasonable person. Some kind of conduct - has to be an action or act committed.
