Report on Principles Criminal Liability
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Principles Criminal Liability
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTIONEnglish Criminal Law may be served as a jurisdiction of England and Wales thatdeals with the serious crimes as well as their consequences. According to Criminal LiabilityAct (1977), crime may be presented as an offence which is in against to the wholecommunity1. The present report is based on the case situation of Charles who has insertedexplosive device in Brian’s car. The main objective of Charles behind including such devicein the car is to scare Brian. However, due to such device serious injury was suffered by Brian,PC Khan and Feni which in turn resulted into their death. Hence, in this, report will shed lighton the extent to which Charles is accountable or obliged for murder and manslaughter. MAIN BODY According to Edward Coke, murder may be defined as an activity of unlawful killingof a reasonable person in being and under the king’s (queen) peace with malice aforethought,express or implied. In this, the first part of the definition pertaining to unlawful killing ofreasonable person is recognized as Actus Reus of murder, whereas aspects pertaining toexpress or implied comes under the category of Mens Rea2. Manslaughter implies for the unlawful killing but it does not involve an intention inrelation to serious harm or kill, or extreme, reckless disregard for life. Under manslaughter,there is the absence of malice aforethought which in turn involves less moral blame ratherthan either first or second degree murder3. Manslaughter is also recognized as a serious crime1Criminal Law Act (1977). 2017. [Online]. Available through:<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45/part/I>.2Murder. 2017. [Online]. Available through: < https://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m150.htm >.3Criminal Law – Manslaughter. 2017. [Online]. Available through:<https://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/stage/study-help/criminal-law-manslaughter>.
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