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What constitutes a criminal offence?

Two elements are necessary in order for a defendant to be found guilty of committing a criminal offence. They are the Actus Reus and Mens Rea. Actus reus translates to 'guilty act', it i...

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What is the difference between the defences of insanity and automatism

Insanity is the 'defect of reason, due to a disease of the mind as to not know the nature of his act or if he did, he did not know it was wrong' as set out in M'Naughten . In order to understand th...

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Explain two reasons why the ratio decidendi of a case may sometimes be difficult to establish.

One of the key reasons why the ration decidendi of a case may be difficult to establish is that judgements are often written in a discursive manner so it is difficult to extract that main reasons for the ...

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Discuss the reforms made to the judicial appointments system and how the judiciary aims to promote diversity.

The manner in which members of the judiciary are appointed was changed with the introduction of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC). Prior to this, the decision remained with the Lord Chancellor. T...

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To what extent do UK courts have freedom to articulate and to develop human rights law?

Human rights law in the UK principally consists of Articles 1-18 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”), implemented into domestic law through the Human Rights Act (“HRA”) 1998. However, issu...

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