ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACTUS REUS
Latin, literally: guilty act.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTUS REUS»
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actus reus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
actus reus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Virtually every crime is defined in a statute. the statute describes the prohibited
conduct, and in many cases also describes a prohibited result. the conduct (or
omission) and result specified are the actus reus elements of the crime, and must
be ...
Thomas Gardner, Terry Anderson, 2014
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Freedom and Responsibility: Readings in Philosophy and Law
It is intentional in one respect, just as the act in (2) was intentional as to killing a
mammal ; but it is not intentional as a complete actus reus, which is all that
matters in law. Having said so much in favor of a wide definition of actus reus,
one very ...
3
Strafrechtelijke aansprakelijkheid heroverwogen: over opzet, ...
ke zijn van actus reus. (2) Er moet sprake zijn van opzet. (3) Er moet voldoende
correspondentie bestaan tussen het opzet-object en de actus reus. De objectieve
bestanddelen van een doleuze delictsomschrijving zijn van belang voor het ...
Alwin Auke van Dijk, 2008
4
Textbook on Criminal Law
However, the terms actus reus and mens rea are so widely used that they will be
retained for the purposes of exposition in this book. While most crimes may be
analysed in terms of actus reus and mens rea, a few crimes exist where these ...
5
Offences Against the Person
An offence against the person will almost always have two elements commonly
described as the actus reus and mens rea. The rough translation of these Latin
tags as 'guilty act' and 'guilty mind', should not be taken as indicating their precise
...
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Cases & Materials on Criminal Law
ACTUS REUS: THE EXTERNAL ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENCE 2.1
TERMINOLOGY Criminal liability generally rests upon proof of two things - actus
reus and mens rea. Actus reus literally means 'guilty act', but this is clearly
something of a ...
Michael T. Molan, Mike Molan, 2005
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Sourcebook Criminal Law
ACTUS REUS: THE EXTERNAL ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENCE Criminal liability
generally rests upon proof of two things – actus reus and mens rea. Actus reus
literally means 'guilty act', but this is clearly something of a misnomer as the ...
Hungerford Welch Staff, 2001
I. GENERAL. A. Four elements: All crimes have several basic common elements:
(1) a voluntary act (“actus reus”); (2) a culpable intent (“mens rea”); (3) “
concurrence” between the mens rea and the actus reus; and (4) causation of
harm. [13] ...
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Smith and Hogan's Criminal Law
the importance ofkeeping in mind the crime as a whole, and not allowing the
fragmentation into elements of actus reus and mens rea to distort one's
understanding of the offence. It is important to note that every element of the
actus reus must ...
David Ormerod, John Cyril Smith, Brian Hogan, 2011
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Criminal Law & Criminal Justice: An Introduction
2 Actus reus Chapter Overview Introduction 15 Actus reus: the law 16 Making
sense of actus reus 16 Key actus reus principles 17 Actus reus and causation 19
Actus reus in criminal justice practice 21 Example I: the construction of crime 21 ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTUS REUS»
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actus reus is used in the context of the following news items.
'One of two people killed my boy but I can't get justice': Dad's court …
To prove a charge of murder they must prove the actus reus, act of killing, and mens rea, the intention. So if somebody dies and it's impossible ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
Synergy Against Affliction
It deals with maladministration in two ways: prevention of maladministration and protection of citizens from actus reus. Running activities ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
Analysis: Pirro's role as an F3 steward
... to tackling the root cause of what could cause an accident; in legal terminology, the focus had switched from the actus reus to the mens rea. «autosport.com, Jun 15»
After Charleston, hate crime laws are more important than ever
(If you want to get fancy, you can use the Latin phrases: actus reus and mens rea.) The classic first-year law school example is grabbing ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 15»
Appeal allowed - 4 June 2015
Such crimes do not require an intent to bring about certain consequences that are external to the actus reus. Nor do they require actual ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
Did the Supreme Court Say Online Threats Are Protected Speech?
True crime requires a mes rea (guilty mind) and an actus reus (guilty act). Simply posting reprehensible things on a Facebook page fails to ... «Care2.com, Jun 15»
Supreme Court Considers The Constituent Elements Of An Offence …
Was the actus reus of the offence committed by reason of the arrangement facilitating the retention, use or control of the money paid into the ... «JD Supra, May 15»
Woman Sentenced for Assaulting Fellow Staff
Magistrate Jaiteh further indicated that with regards to the first element as to whether Kani Sanyang put Fatou Marong in fear is the Actus Reus ... «AllAfrica.com, May 15»
Sorcery and the Law
... "proof of commission of all the ingredients of the offence is beyond reasonable doubt, that is, to establish both the 'mens rea' and 'actus reus'. «AllAfrica.com, Apr 15»
Singapore: Compliance Review – 2014 in the Round
The High Court upheld the findings of the trial judge that the actus reus of the offences (i.e. the first element of the offence) were made out as ... «GlobalComplianceNews, Apr 15»
