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Criminal Law

Useful external links include:

• Saint Brendan's Sixth Form College
• Sixth Form Law
• Consilio Criminal Law Articles
• Crown Court Specimen Directions (Judicial Studies Board)

My notes are organised as follows:

PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

• Actus reus
• Mens rea
• Strict (and Absolute) Liability

PARTICIPATION

• Aiding & Abetting; Counselling & Procuring; and Joint Enterprise

INCHOATE OFFENCES/PRELIMINARY CRIMES

• Incitement; Conspiracy; and Attempts

HOMICIDE

• Murder
• Voluntary Manslaughter (Diminished Responsibility; Provocation; and Suicide Pact)
• Involuntary Manslaughter (Constructive/Unlawful Act; Gross Negligence; and Reckless)

NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

• Assault; Battery; ABH; Wounding and GBH

OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY

• Theft
• Robbery
• Burglary
• Fraud
• Making Off Without Payment
• Criminal Damage

GENERAL DEFENCES

• Insanity
• Automatism
• Intoxication
• Consent
• Self-Defence and the Prevention of Crime
• Duress by Threats
• Necessity and Duress of Circumstances
• Mistake