University: Law: Criminal law Coursework

The Criminal law category has 495 essays and covers:

Elements of Offences; Homicide; Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person; Sexual Offences; Theft; Robbery; Burglary; Criminal Damage; Deception; Inchoate Offences; Accomplices; Defences.

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Between 1600 and 1800 the number of crimes punishable by death quadrupled whilst the number of execu		Read a preview →
Critically assess the success of community sentences in terms of reducing the prison population.		Read a preview →
Discussing Homicide - constructive manslaughter.		Read a preview →
Discuss Dan's liability under the Criminal Damage Act 1971.		Read a preview →
In Plato's Republic, Socrates and the interlocutors Polymarchus, Thrasymacus, Adeimantus, or Glaucon discuss the nature of justice.		Read a preview →
The term 'Recklessness' plays a crucial role in determining criminal liability yet the meaning still appears uncertain. Critically assess the meaning of the term reckless in criminal law.		Read a preview →
Analysis of the law relating to the offence of Murder and relevant offences of Provocation, Diminished Responsibility and Intoxication.		Read a preview →
Manslaughter - Constructive		Read a preview →
To be liable for an offence, the accused must have committed the Actus Reus of that offence with the requisite Mens Rea, and no defence must be available to him; R v. Taafe (1983).		Read a preview →
"R v Gomez has failed to resolve any of the problems which have arisen from the concept of appropriation in the law of theft". Discuss.		Read a preview →
Define and discuss criminal responsibility		Read a preview →
Criminology: "Crime is a contested issue"IntroductionA crime in a broad understanding is an act that violates a political or moral law of any one person or social		Read a preview →
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens rea (an act does not make a person legally liable unless the mind is legally blameworthy). Explain the meaning and importance of this maxim by reference to decided cases.		Read a preview →
Human Rights - Justice.		Read a preview →
The concept of retribution implies.		Read a preview →
"Foresight of consequences is not the same as intent."		Read a preview →
What do the terms “Chivalry” and “Double Jeopardy” mean? How are woman treated differently to men by the Courts and Prison System?		Read a preview →
General Defences.		Read a preview →
Criminal Liability is based on the concept of Actus Reus including Causation and Mens Rea. Briefly explain these terms and how causation would apply to the situation given.		Read a preview →
Justice has been squeezed out of the criminal justice system, as wrongful convictions are at a high rate, despite this age of technology.		Read a preview →
Manslaughter - Criminal Law - To establish an actus reus of an offence in homicide, it must have to be proved that the defendant caused the death of the victim.		Read a preview →
"In general the criminal law prohibits the doing of harm but does not impose criminal liability for an omission to act". Assess the truth of this statement and the arguments used to justify it.		Read a preview →
Is theory important in the study of crime and criminal justice? Introduction Despite numerous government inquiries (see, for example, Commission on Systemic Racism, 1995), debate		Read a preview →
'Imprisonment is morally objectionable and indefensible must therefore be abolished' Discuss		Read a preview →
Critically assess New Labour's policy towards crime prevention and community safety since 1997.		Read a preview →

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