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Criminal Law

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Decks in this class (21)

Criminal Court Structure
What are all the different crimin...,
Which courts are a summary trial ...,
Which courts are solemn trial courts
12  cards
Private Prosecutions
To bring a private solemn prosecu...,
To bring a private summary prosec...
2  cards
Alternatives to prosecution
What alternatives are there to pr...
1  cards
Role of the High Court of Justiciary
As the supreme criminal court in ...,
My own thoughts are that if the p...
2  cards
Appeals
Can appeal be made to the supreme...,
Basis for summary appeals ie summ...,
Statute section dealing with summ...
6  cards
Mens Rea
3 different forms of mental eleme...,
Intention,
Recklessness
4  cards
Actus Reus
What is actus reus,
If there is a legally imposed dut...,
Causation
3  cards
Theft
Theft occurs,
What is appropriation,
What property can be stolen
16  cards
Aggravated theft
Aggravated thefts include,
Housebreaking what is housebreaking,
What is not housebreaking
8  cards
Preventive Offences - Theft
Which act which sections,
S57 1,
S58 1
4  cards
Reset - ie Handling
to do???
0  cards
Fraud
Fraud,
Actus reus what are the 3 elements,
False pretence
10  cards
Robbery
Robbery,
Robbery cases need to check them ...
2  cards
Rape - Statute - On or after 1st Dec 2010
Rape statute,
Rape,
S1 2 penetration
11  cards
Rape - Common Law - Pre 1st Dec 2010
Actus reus,
Mens rea,
Not common law rape where
8  cards
Public Indecency (common law)
Indecent exposure common law mode...,
Webster v dominick,
Webster v dominick 2003 leading c...
3  cards
Lewd Practices (common law)
Crime to behave in a lewd indecen...
1  cards
Indecent assault (common law)
Indecent assault is a type of ass...,
When get the text book look at pa...
2  cards
Homosexual Offences (Common law) and (pre 1st Dec 2010 - statutory)
Common law offences,
The above offences have not applied,
Pre 1st dec 2010 statutory offences
3  cards
INCEST & step children & member of same household
Incest s1 criminal law consolidat...,
Defence,
Intercourse with a step child for...
7  cards
Breach of the Peace - Common Law
Central criterion of breach of th...,
Test in wilson v brown 1982 slt 361,
Examples of breach of peace
13  cards

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