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Each required offence element must be proved beyond reasonable doubt."}]},{"id":"f36a3579-4a23-48e2-a32b-94e44f8c08f9","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Most offences require an [ ] and a [ ]; strict liability is an exception.","back":"Most offences require an external element and a fault element; strict liability is an exception.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Most offences require an external element and a fault element; strict liability is an exception.","correct":true,"explanation":"Most offences require both actus reus, the external element, and mens rea, the fault element. Strict liability exceptionally permits conviction without proof of a fault element."},{"text":"Most offences require an external element and a harm element; strict liability is an exception.","correct":false,"explanation":"Not every offence requires proof of harm or a prohibited result. 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Most offences instead require an external element and a fault element."}]},{"id":"025dde66-27b0-4535-a87d-c78f1d4cfd62","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Actus reus is wider than a positive act: it may be an [ ] or a [ ].","back":"Actus reus is wider than a positive act: it may be an omission or a state of affairs.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Actus reus is wider than a positive act: it may be an omission or a state of affairs.","correct":true,"explanation":"Actus reus can arise from a failure to act where a legal duty exists, or from D being in a prohibited state of affairs."},{"text":"Actus reus is wider than a positive act: it may be an intention or a state of affairs.","correct":false,"explanation":"Intention is a form of mens rea rather than actus reus. 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Legal duty to act.
Breach of that duty.
Causation of the result.

","mcqOptions":[{"text":"

Legal duty to act.
Breach of that duty.
Causation of the result.

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Moral duty to act.
Breach of that duty.
Causation of the result.

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Legal duty to act.
Awareness of that duty.
Causation of the result.

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Legal duty to act.
Breach of that duty.
Foreseeability of the result.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Foreseeability does not replace the requirement of causation. 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Her conviction arose because the offence was treated as a state of affairs offence."}]},{"id":"1970146c-982a-4061-bf10-8cc29a628186","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"For most crimes, actus reus must be [ ]; Bratty describes involuntary acts as muscles acting without [ ].","back":"For most crimes, actus reus must be voluntary; Bratty describes involuntary acts as muscles acting without control by the mind.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"For most crimes, actus reus must be voluntary; Bratty describes involuntary acts as muscles acting without control by the mind.","correct":true,"explanation":"Criminal liability normally requires voluntary conduct. 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The issue is whether it would occur when it did anyway."}]},{"id":"caf6da87-24c8-49ba-8df5-baf53f9adc1c","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Result crimes require [ ]; legal causation requires an [ ].","back":"Result crimes require factual causation; legal causation requires an operating and substantial cause.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Result crimes require factual causation; legal causation requires an operating and substantial cause.","correct":true,"explanation":"Factual causation asks whether the result would have occurred but for D’s conduct, while legal causation requires D’s conduct to remain an operating and substantial cause of the result."},{"text":"Result crimes require legal causation; legal causation requires an factual connection.","correct":false,"explanation":"This reverses the two causation tests. 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The treatment must be exceptionally independent and potent."}]},{"id":"f72b8ab5-714b-4150-b373-8bed463d8a38","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Mens rea usually covers [ ] or [ ], not motive.","back":"Mens rea usually covers intention or subjective recklessness, not motive.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Mens rea usually covers intention or subjective recklessness, not motive.","correct":true,"explanation":"Mens rea concerns the defendant’s required mental state, commonly intention or subjective recklessness. Motive explains why D acted but is generally separate from the fault element."},{"text":"Mens rea usually covers motive or objective recklessness, not intention.","correct":false,"explanation":"This wrongly treats motive as a usual form of mens rea and replaces the subjective test with objective recklessness. 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An aim to cause the result demonstrates direct intention."},{"text":"Transferred malice.","correct":false,"explanation":"Transferred malice concerns transferring intention from one victim or target to another, not identifying the fault form where D aims at the prohibited result. That fault form is direct intention."}]},{"id":"52054251-5d31-45e0-a7cc-74ea65cf312e","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"What two Woollin conditions allow a jury to find oblique intention?","back":"

The result was virtually certain.
D appreciated that virtual certainty.

","mcqOptions":[{"text":"

The result was virtually certain.
D appreciated that virtual certainty.

","correct":true,"explanation":"Under Woollin, a jury may find oblique intention where the prohibited result was virtually certain to occur from D’s act and D appreciated that virtual certainty."},{"text":"

The result was reasonably foreseeable.
D accepted that possibility.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Reasonable foreseeability and acceptance of a possibility describe a lower threshold associated with recklessness, not Woollin intention. The result must be virtually certain and D must appreciate that certainty."},{"text":"

The result was probable.
D ignored that probability.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Probability is not the Woollin threshold, and ignoring a probability does not establish appreciation of virtual certainty. The jury may find intention only where virtual certainty was appreciated by D."},{"text":"

The result was possible.
D foresaw that possibility.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Foreseeing a mere possibility is insufficient for oblique intention and may instead suggest recklessness, depending on the circumstances. Woollin requires virtual certainty and D’s appreciation of it."}]},{"id":"59d1941e-4379-4a48-a4df-87057bf24c80","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Under Cunningham, when is D subjectively reckless?","back":"D actually foresaw a risk and took it unreasonably.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"D actually foresaw a risk and took it unreasonably.","correct":true,"explanation":"Cunningham establishes subjective recklessness where D actually foresaw a risk of the relevant harm and nevertheless took that risk unreasonably."},{"text":"D ought to have foreseen a risk and took it unreasonably.","correct":false,"explanation":"This states an objective test based on what D ought to have foreseen. 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Cunningham requires D to actually foresee a risk and take it unreasonably, not intend the risk itself."}]},{"id":"b6be99dd-e8f5-4c71-a2bc-4e46f885c6f1","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Why can negligence be proved even if D did not foresee the risk?","back":"Negligence uses an objective reasonable person standard.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Negligence uses an objective reasonable person standard.","correct":true,"explanation":"Negligence compares D’s conduct with that of the objective reasonable person. D may therefore fall below the required standard even without personally foreseeing the relevant risk."},{"text":"Negligence uses a subjective awareness of risk standard.","correct":false,"explanation":"A subjective awareness standard would require D personally to foresee the risk. 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Negligence uses an objective reasonable person standard."}]},{"id":"3a009fa6-c6f9-4f88-bbc2-b1dfc055401d","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"Under Adomako, what makes negligent breach criminal enough for manslaughter?","back":"The breach is so gross that it should be criminal.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The breach is so gross that it should be criminal.","correct":true,"explanation":"Adomako requires more than an ordinary negligent breach. Considering the risk of death and all the circumstances, the breach must be exceptionally bad and deserving of criminal punishment."},{"text":"The breach is so careless that it should be criminal.","correct":false,"explanation":"A merely careless breach may establish civil negligence but does not automatically justify criminal liability. 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It prevents transfer to a different type of offence."}]},{"id":"41bb9095-4f33-43e8-9f63-e919a1ba8c02","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"In strict liability, what must still be proved?","back":"The actus reus.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The actus reus.","correct":true,"explanation":"Strict liability removes the need to prove mens rea for at least one element, but the prosecution must still establish that D committed the prohibited actus reus."},{"text":"The mens rea.","correct":false,"explanation":"Strict liability is defined by the absence of a requirement to prove mens rea for at least one element. The prosecution must still prove the offence’s actus reus."},{"text":"The motive.","correct":false,"explanation":"A motive explains why D acted but is generally not an element that the prosecution must establish. 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Clear statutory wording.
Regulatory offence nature.

","mcqOptions":[{"text":"

Clear statutory wording.
Regulatory offence nature.

","correct":true,"explanation":"Gammon establishes a strong presumption that mens rea is required, but clear statutory language and the regulatory nature of an offence can indicate Parliament intended strict liability."},{"text":"

Ambiguous statutory wording.
Truly criminal offence nature.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Ambiguous wording supports rather than displaces the presumption of mens rea, and a truly criminal offence strengthens that presumption. Clear wording and a regulatory character point towards strict liability."},{"text":"

Judicial policy preference.
Serious prison sentence nature.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Judicial preference cannot replace evidence of Parliament’s intention, while a serious prison sentence tends against strict liability. Gammon instead looks to clear wording and regulatory offence characteristics."},{"text":"

Defendant’s legal ignorance.
Private contractual dispute nature.

","correct":false,"explanation":"D’s personal ignorance does not determine whether Parliament excluded mens rea, and a private contractual dispute is not characteristically regulatory. Clear statutory wording and regulatory subject matter are required indicators."}]},{"id":"f3cb03c1-cb9b-4c43-95e4-60c8f8e4f5c4","cardType":"basic","points":3,"front":"Give one justification and one criticism of strict liability.","back":"

Justification: protects the public and aids enforcement.
Criticism: punishes non-blameworthy defendants.

","mcqOptions":[{"text":"

Justification: protects the public and aids enforcement.
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Justification: requires intention and restricts enforcement.
Criticism: punishes only blameworthy defendants.

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Justification: protects defendants by requiring fault.
Criticism: prevents enforcement of regulations.

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Justification: increases the cost of prosecution.
Criticism: gives the public too much protection.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Strict liability generally simplifies prosecution rather than increasing its cost, and public protection is treated as a justification rather than a criticism. The countervailing concern is punishment without blameworthiness."}]},{"id":"eb14f7a3-b380-4420-8461-56a57eb2a0b0","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"The coincidence rule requires actus reus and mens rea at the [ ]; courts may avoid failure by treating conduct as a [ ].","back":"The coincidence rule requires actus reus and mens rea at the same time; courts may avoid failure by treating conduct as a continuing act.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The coincidence rule requires actus reus and mens rea at the same time; courts may avoid failure by treating conduct as a continuing act.","correct":true,"explanation":"The coincidence rule normally requires the guilty act and guilty mind to exist simultaneously. A continuing-act analysis allows mens rea formed after conduct begins to coincide before that conduct ends."},{"text":"The coincidence rule requires actus reus and mens rea at the same place; courts may avoid failure by treating conduct as a continuing act.","correct":false,"explanation":"Actus reus and mens rea must coincide at the same time, not merely occur in the same place. Courts can achieve coincidence by characterising the conduct as a continuing act."},{"text":"The coincidence rule requires actus reus and mens rea at the same reason; courts may avoid failure by treating conduct as a completed act.","correct":false,"explanation":"The elements need not arise for the same reason; they must exist at the same time. A continuing act, rather than a completed act, can allow later mens rea to coincide."},{"text":"The coincidence rule requires actus reus and mens rea at the first opportunity; courts may avoid failure by treating conduct as a separate act.","correct":false,"explanation":"The first opportunity is not the legal test for coincidence. Actus reus and mens rea must overlap in time, which courts may find by treating the relevant conduct as continuing."}]},{"id":"18c1e50c-d6d8-4ce6-af96-a1050b55088e","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"How did Fagan help prove coincidence?","back":"The car on the foot was a continuing act.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"The car on the foot was a continuing act.","correct":true,"explanation":"Driving onto the officer’s foot and remaining there was treated as continuing conduct. Mens rea formed while the car remained on the foot, creating the required coincidence."},{"text":"The car on the foot was a completed act.","correct":false,"explanation":"The initial driving could have been accidental, so it was not treated as a completed intentional act. The car’s continued presence on the foot constituted a continuing act."},{"text":"The car on the foot was a transferred act.","correct":false,"explanation":"Transferred malice was unnecessary because no intention was redirected from one victim or offence to another. Coincidence arose because keeping the car on the foot was a continuing act."},{"text":"The car on the foot was a voluntary act.","correct":false,"explanation":"A voluntary act alone would not explain how later mens rea coincided with earlier conduct. Fagan treated the car remaining on the officer’s foot as a continuing act."}]},{"id":"2005dc13-585a-4de8-af2e-45011a6f3e5e","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"How did Thabo Meli help prove coincidence?","back":"Separate acts were treated as one transaction.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Separate acts were treated as one transaction.","correct":true,"explanation":"The defendants’ planned sequence of acts was treated as one continuing transaction, allowing the initial mens rea to coincide with the actus reus causing death."},{"text":"Each act was judged as a separate transaction.","correct":false,"explanation":"Treating each act separately would prevent coincidence because the defendants believed the victim was already dead during the final act. The acts were instead treated as one transaction."},{"text":"Later intent was given retrospective effect.","correct":false,"explanation":"Mens rea arising after an act cannot normally be applied retrospectively. Here, the defendants had mens rea from the outset, and the separate acts formed one transaction."},{"text":"Only the final act was treated as legally relevant.","correct":false,"explanation":"Focusing only on the final act would separate it from the defendants’ original murderous intent. The court instead treated the whole planned sequence as one transaction."}]}]}],"examCountdown":{"examDate":"2027-05-20","paperLabel":"Paper 1"},"heading":"General elements of liability","title":"General elements of liability Flashcards","topbar":{"backHref":"/a-level/law/aqa/flashcards"},"topicSidebar":"$L38"}]}],"topicId":"e1608509-8e90-51b3-94f0-2b60e0f9f394","walled":"$L39"}],"$L3a","$L3b"]