FIRST CLASS CRIMINAL LAW LLB NOTES + EXAMPLE ESSAYS

**FIRST CLASS Criminal Law Notes - English Law
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49 Page document covering in detail:

1. Criminal liability and theoretical frameworks
2. Acts and Omissions: A Theoretical Framework
3. Fatal Offences
4. Defences to Murder - with academic commentary
5. Manslaughter - Constructive, Gross Negligence, Corporate
6. Non-Fatal Offences Against The Person
7. STATUTORY OFFENCES
8. GENERAL DEFENCES
9. Sexual Offences
10. Offences Against Property: Theft, Criminal Damage
11. Inchoate Liability
12. Defences: special, partial, statutory, failure of proof, affirmation

Example Essays

Question 1:

*In the civil case of Ivey v Genting Casinos (2017) the Supreme Court decided there was no logical or principled basis for the civil and criminal law to have different tests for dishonesty. It therefore considered the test for dishonesty should be the same in the civil and criminal law.

Critically evaluate the judicial reasoning of the Supreme Court and the extent to which it has shaped the law on theft and related offences.*

Question 2:

Critically assess the compelling minority speech of Baroness Hale and the reasoning below of Lord Bingham in R V Hasan (2005)

Question 3:

*To what extent should the criminal law intervene in the reckless transmission of viruses?
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