question 9 -criminal law fault
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- Created on: 25-04-23 14:06
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- Fault
- 1. meaning
- the level of blameworthiness a person holds after committing an act with a prohibited consequence
- 2. significance
- no English legal system without it
- everything would be an accident
- allows the correct criminal to get punished as fault is established in mr and ar
- discuss murder mr ar and say that fault would get them punished
- 3. issue
- labelling - intended gbh but committed murder so labelled a murderer
- could blame fault on the wrong person
- strict liability acts don't require mr so are they at fault?
- subjectivity surrounding the mr
- 4. evaluation
- allows a level punishment
- proportionality
- can't prevent the wrong person getting convicted
- 1. meaning
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