Summary CRW2601 Updated MULTIPLE CHOICE questions and answers

Murder <<Ans>> The unlawful, intentional causing of the death of another human being. Culpable homicide <<Ans>> The unlawful, negligent causing of the death of another human being. Supra <<Ans>> Above. Infra <<Ans>> Below. 4 elements of criminal liability <<Ans>> 1) Act/Conduct. 2) Compliance with the definitional elements of the crime. 3) Unlawfulness. 4) Culpability. Logical sequence of investigation <<Ans>> See page 8 and 9 of SG. 3 main sources of criminal law <<Ans>> Legislation, common law and case law. Further sources of influence on criminal law <<Ans>> English law, Germanic criminal-law theory and the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. Best-known specific crimes <<Ans>> Murder, assault and theft. Common law <<Ans>> Those rules of law not contained in Act of parliament or in rules of legislation by some other (subordinate) legislative body. The theories of punishment <<Ans>> Retribution, deterrence, prevention and reformation. The onus of proof <<Ans>> Innocent until proven guilty. The principle of legality <<Ans>> It must be beyond dispute that X's alleged type of conduct is recognised by the law as a crime. The definitional elements of the crime <<Ans>> The concise definition of the type of conduct and the circumstances in which that conduct must take place in order to constitute an offence. Well-known grounds of justification <<Ans>> 1) Private defense (self defense). 2) Necessity.