Law 2101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Actus Reus, Extortion, Arson
Document Summary
Two patterns of criminality: two ways of looking at inchoate offences. Main emphasis on the criminal conduct that occurred. If the manifest criminality of the conduct is a substantive requirement of the pattern of criminal law, then no proof of intent can function as a substitute and make up for the missing manifest criminality. If conduct however only plays an evidentiary role, then the lack of a manifestly wrongful conduct may be remedied by the proof of a substitute criminal intent. Once a person had reached the attempt stage, criminal liability would arise, while mere preparatory conduct would fall outside the scope of criminal law. Criminalizing preparatory conduct by proscribing the formation of an agreement to commit a serious crime. Intended to circumscribe the scope of the offence. Obtain, import, transit, export or to have at his disposal. Objects, substances, information carriers, concealed spaces or means of transport.
