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Crime as a public wrong

Crime as a public wrong

Flowchart showing a criminal offence sourced from statute or common law, then offence elements, proof, defence, and Article 6

Criminal law deals with behaviour treated as a public wrong, so the state prosecutes in the name of the Crown. That is why cases are styled R v Defendant, not "Victim v Defendant".

Rules and theory of criminal law Lesson

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