Actus reus

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  • Created on: 29-04-16 11:01
what does actus reus mean?
The guilty act
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If you fail to act when you have a duty you have committed...?
Omission
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What case said he had a contractual duty?
Pittwood
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What is the case where a person's public position created liability for an omission?
Dytham
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What is the case where the defendant failed to minimise the harm they had created?
Miller
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What is the case where a person voluntarily takes on a duty?
Stone and Dobinson
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When talking about voluntary conduct, what is the case used to describe it?
Hill and Baxter
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this is the 'but for' test
factual causation
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this is the 'operating and substantial cause' test
Legal causation
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What is the case where the defendant tried to poison his mother?
White
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This rule is when you take your victim as you find them
thin skull rule
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This rule is to do with the victim's own act
the daftness test
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This rule is when you take your victim as you find them
thin skull rule
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This rule is to do with the victim's own act
the daftness test
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If you fail to act when you have a duty you have committed...?

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What case said he had a contractual duty?

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What is the case where a person's public position created liability for an omission?

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What is the case where the defendant failed to minimise the harm they had created?

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