Actus Reus in UK Law
- The Actus Reus in Criminal Attempts
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Murder as an Offence under English Law
This article examines the territorial and extra-territorial ambit of the offence of murder under English law. This is not strictly speaking a question concerning the jurisdiction of the courts, but...... ... the jurisdiction of the courts, but one concerning theactus reus of the offence itself. Murder committed outside England andWales cannot ... real concern is the ambit of the English law of murder,and thus the actus reus of the offence itself. The same may be said ofjurisdiction issues ... ...
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Crime prevention in terms of criminal intent criteria in white-collar crime. A propositional analysis
Purpose: In the field of crime prevention there are several theoretical approaches explaining why crime occurs and how to prevent it. Three of them – routine activity theory, crime pattern theory a...... ... white-collar offendersas motivated, because if they have committedan actus reus, they are an offender according to the objectiverequisites. This ... ...
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The Pitfalls in the Law of Attempt: A New Perspective
The law of attempt is laden with some of the most hotly debated and controversial issues in the criminal law sphere. This article provides a critical and in-depth analysis of most, if not all, of t...... ... the commission of the subject offence in order to satisfy the actus reus component of an attempt, whether certain offences are intrinsically ... ...
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Informed Consent and the Transmission of Sexual Disease: Dadson Revivified
This article examines the impact of the decisions in R v Dica (2004) and R v Konzani (2005) on the extent of the defence of consent. As well as analysing the impact of the decisions on the extent o...... ... issue of whether thepresence or absence of consent forms part of the actus reus of the relevantassault offence or whether it is a separate and ... ...
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Proving the Criminal Origin of Property in Money‐Laundering Prosecutions
A successful prosecution for a criminal offence requires a prosecuting authority to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant possessed the requisite mens rea, or mental state, and that at t...... ... rea, or mental state, and that at that time he also committed the actus reus of the offence, that is to say those elements of the crime apart from ... ...
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Dishonest Appropriation after Gomez and Hinks
This article examines the meaning of dishonest appropriation in the offence of theft after the House of Lords' decisions in Gomez and Hinks. It maintains that whilst Gomez broke the distinction in ...... ... an appropriation when there was a valid gift of propertyso that the actus reus of theft no longer requires that there be the compositewhole of a ... ...
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Recognising the Role of the Emotion of Fear in Offences and Defences
Anger, its part in human conduct and in crime commission has been much discussed and accorded a privileged status within the law, while the role of fear has been less considered. Notwithstanding, f...... ... as intrinsicelements of the perpetrators object integral to the actus reus of certain offences and relevantto the defendants mens rea of some ... ...
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Murder in the Criminal Law of Iran and Islam
Wilful murder, the deliberate killing of another human being, is considered a crime in the criminal law of Iran and Islam, and the consequential penalty invoked is retaliation. The offence, as in E...... ... The offence, as in English law, requires proof of both actus reus (external element) and mens rea (fault element). The statutory ... ...
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Lesser Included Offences, Alternative Offences and Accessorial Liability
... ... that the accessory intended the principal to perpetrate the actus ... in fact perpetrated. If the principal had done the actus reus" that the accessory intended (i.e. unlawfully inflict actual bodily\xC2" ... ...
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