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Congratulations for completing your AS in Law!
On a post it please write down 1 thing you have liked and 1 thing you have
disliked/found difficult during AS Law.
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WHO ARE YOU?
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Exam Feedback
I have prepared a personalised exam feedback sheet for each of you highlighting your individual strengths and weaknesses in the Unit 2 exam.Read through and look at the attached examiners report. Keep this safe as some of you may be retaking this unit.
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Recap on what we will be studying this year.
January Exam: Unit 31) Murder and Voluntary
Manslaughter2) Involuntary Manslaughter
3) Non-Fatal Offences against the person
4) Defences
June Exam: Unit 41) Offences against property
2) Concept of Law
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It is vital that you do all you can to be successful this year. Identify 2 personal targets for you to meet by half term
which will help you maximise your success on this course.
Target Setting
Remember your targets must be:SpecificMeasurableAchievableRealisticTimed
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What do you remember?
Complete the cloze passage, use the cards if you get stuck
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Recap: What is Murder?
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Recap: Actus Reus and Mens Rea
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Murder
Learning ObjectivesTo recall definition of Murder
Explain the Actus Reus of the offence of murder
To apply the law to a case study
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MURDERCommon law offence
”The unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being and under the Kings (or Queen’s) peace with malice
aforethought, express or implied”
1 UNLAWFUL KILLINGSome killings are ‘lawful’ but are covered by other sections of murder eg. Defences (Necessity), Elements (War)
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4. MALICE AFORETHOUGHT.
3. PEACE
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2. REASONABLE CREATURE IN BEING
Elements of the offence of Murder
Write down in the boxes the 4 elements
of murder
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OMMISSION TO ACT.General rule is that an omission can’t make a person
guilty of an offence
ACTEG.
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Unlawful Killing
EXCEPTIONS
DUTY TO ACTCONTRACT
VOLUNTARY
CHAIN OF EVENTS
RELATIONSHIP
Can you remember any cases that illustrate these areas?
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Pittwood (1902)Railway keeper failed to
shut gate of crossing when train was due.
Person crossing line was struck and killed by train
Gibbons & Proctor (1918)Father and Partner deliberately starved daughter to death
Stone & Dobinson (1977)Stone’s elderly sister lived
with defendants. She stopped eating became
bedridden and eventually died of malnutrition.
Dobinson helped wash and occasionally
prepared her food
Miller (1983)Miller was living in a
squat feel asleep while smoking. Mattress
caught fire he woke up didn’t attempt to put out
fire but went into another room to go back
to sleep.
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OMMISSION TO ACT.General rule is that an omission can’t make a person
guilty of an offence
ACTEG.
.
Unlawful Killing
EXCEPTIONS
DUTY TO ACTCONTRACT
VOLUNTARY
CHAIN OF EVENTS
RELATIONSHIP
Pittwood (1902)Railway keeper failed to shut gate of crossing when train was due. Person crossing line was struck and
killed by train
Gibbons & Proctor (1918)Father and Partner deliberately starved daughter to
death Stone & Dobinson (1977)Stone’s elderly sister lived with defendants. She
stopped eating became bedridden and eventually died of malnutrition. Dobinson helped wash and
occasionally prepared her food
Miller (1983)Miller was living in a squat feel asleep while smoking.
Mattress caught fire he woke up didn’t attempt to put out fire but went into
another room to go back to sleep.
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Brain DeadIs victim alive if they are ‘brain dead’ and being kept alive by a
machine?
FOETUSIs Foetus in womb a RCIB?
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Reasonable Creature in Being
No, must have independent existence from mother.
No, switching off life support machine does not break
causal linkAtt Gen ref (No3 of 1994) 1997
D stabbed gfriend causing premature birth at 30 weeks. Baby died because of prem
birth. “Violence towards a foetus which results in harm
suffered after baby is born alive can give rise to criminal
responsibility”
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Legal CausationDs conduct must be more than
‘minimal’ cause of the consequence but it need not be a ‘substantial’ cause
R V Cato
Factual CausationThe ‘But For” test
Causation
What is the difference between Pagett and
White?
Thin Skull Rule
Novus Actus Interveniens
Medical Treatment
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Novus Actus Interveniens
Medical TreatmentVictim’s own act
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Causation
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MURDERCommon law offence
”The unlawful killing of a reasonable creature in being and under the Kings (or Queen’s) peace with malice
aforethought, express or implied”
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Elements of the offence of Murder