Theory Of Criminal Law - Correspondence

Question 1

Definition of correspondence

Answer 1

There must be a correspondence between D’s actus reus and D’s men’s rea

Question 2

Moore

Answer 2

There must be a link between the AR and MR to establish fault

Question 3

There must be a link between the AR and MR to establish fault

Answer 3

Moore

Question 4

Examples of correspondence

Answer 4

The AR of unlawfully killing a human doesn’t correspond with the MR of intention to kill or cause GBH
D may have only intended GBH but is now charged with murder
This doesn’t uphold the correspondence principle