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History of the Common Law | Legal Eyres
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Law outside the classroom. The Peasants’ Revolt. Actus Reus and Mens Rea – Overview →. History of the Common Law. This is a blog about law, so why are we discussing history? Think about another subject you’re studying: it could be politics, religion, science, or mathematics. If you’re not studying anything else because you’re studying for a law degree, think about a subject you studied at school or college. In this post, we’ll be considering the development of the. Legal system throughout the land. The c...
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Joint Enterprise | Legal Eyres
https://legaleyres.com/2013/11/22/joint-enterprise
Law outside the classroom. In the previous article on secondary parties. This article seeks to explain how the law handles criminal offences carried out by a group, or gang, of people. Consider the following example:. Walt, Jessie, Michael, and Gus are members of a gang. They have all agreed to locate their archenemy, Todd, and kick him to death. They find Todd outside his house reading Tom Bingham’s excellent book The Rule of Law. The death of Todd. The ordinary rules of causation. To happen. So, in...
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Common Assault and Battery | Legal Eyres
https://legaleyres.com/2013/12/11/common-assault-and-battery
Law outside the classroom. How an Idea Becomes a Law. Res Ipsa Loquitur →. Common Assault and Battery. Ask the ordinary woman on the street what she understands by the word “assault” and you will probably find an array of misconceptions. The word assault. Is generally taken to denote any kind of physical harm inflicted on one person by another: from minor bruising to broken bones. As law students, we will come to know better; we will come to realise that non-fatal offences against the person. Common assa...
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Criminal Law | Legal Eyres
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Law outside the classroom. Common Assault and Battery. Ask the ordinary woman on the street what she understands by the word “assault” and you will probably find an array of misconceptions. The word assault. Is generally taken to denote any kind of physical harm inflicted on one person by another: from minor bruising to broken bones. As law students, we will come to know better; we will come to realise that non-fatal offences against the person. And very serious harm (grievous bodily harm, or GBH. Common...
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Secondary Parties | Legal Eyres
https://legaleyres.com/2013/11/10/secondary-parties
Law outside the classroom. Joint Enterprise →. Before moving onto this post, it is strongly recommended that you read the article on causation. Having done so, you will understand that when a third party voluntarily intervenes somewhere along the chain of causation, the law imposes a novus actus interveniens. And ceases to regard the original actor as criminally responsible for the eventual outcome. Consider the following example:. R v Kennedy (Simon). As Lord Bingham stated in. R v Kennedy (Simon):.
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Actus Reus and Mens Rea – Overview | Legal Eyres
https://legaleyres.com/2013/09/22/actus-reus-and-mens-rea-overview
Law outside the classroom. History of the Common Law. Magna Carta →. Actus Reus and Mens Rea – Overview. Before we can begin to discuss specific criminal offences like murder and rape, it’s vital that we are all singing from the same hymn sheet. We need to understand the fundamental concepts of criminal law. Think about it. Why do you think most criminal cases begin with. R v …. English subject, even if they were not a victim of the crime or anywhere near the crime. Actus reus and mens rea. In both scena...
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How an Idea Becomes a Law | Legal Eyres
https://legaleyres.com/2013/12/01/how-an-idea-becomes-a-law
Law outside the classroom. Common Assault and Battery →. How an Idea Becomes a Law. The principal element of the UK’s constitution is that Parliament is sovereign. The will of Parliament, expressed through Acts of Parliament, is unconstrained by any authority on Earth. It can make or unmake any law whatsoever. Nothing and nobody can set-aside, override, or otherwise ignore the will of Parliament. 2013) Lord Justice Laws described it in the following way:. Simple as that…. How does an idea. And the law is...
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Recklessness | Legal Eyres
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Law outside the classroom. In this post, we will be considering another form of mens rea known as recklessness. Recklessness sits on the second tier of mens rea, being the second most serious. Hierarchy of mens rea. It is strongly suggested that you should read the post on intention and complete the thought exercises and tasks on that page before progressing to this post. 8220;The conscious taking of an unjustified risk”. We begin our story in 1957 with the landmark ruling in. R v Cunningham (1957).
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The UK Constitution | Legal Eyres
https://legaleyres.com/2013/10/26/the-uk-constitution
Law outside the classroom. Secondary Parties →. To be terse, the present constitution of the UK – developed over centuries of struggle – gives the Queen power in name only and provides Parliament with ultimate power. Even though the category of “people” was in fact a very small slice of the population. In the following sections, we are going to take a look at the nature of the UK’s constitution: where can you find it? What are its main principles? How can it be altered? We are also going to look at the A...
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