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Chapter 4 Multiple choice questions
Negligence and strict liability
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How is negligence best described?
As a form of
mens rea
which requires an advertent state of mind
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As a form of
actus reus
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As a type of legal fault as it sets an objective standard to which a person's behaviour must conform
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As a form of intention to be negligent to a certain situation
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What is an offence of strict liability?
An offence that requires
mens rea
but no
actus reus
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An offence created by statute
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An offence that can only be tried before a jury
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An offence which does not require
mens rea
to be proved in relation to one or more elements of the
actus reus
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Strict liability offences are offences
mala prohita
as opposed to offences ...
ejusdem generis
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mala in se
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volenti non fit injuria
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novus actus interveniens
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When the court is deciding whether the presumption of
mens rea
has been rebutted, in addition to the statutory context of an offence, the court may also consider the...
The public context
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The community context
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The social context
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The collective context
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In which of the following cases did the House of Lords take the view that the more serious the offence the less likely it was that the presumption of
mens rea
would be rebutted?
Howells
(1977)
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Alphacell Ltd v Woodward
(1972)
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Windle
(1952)
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B (A Minor) v DPP
(2000)
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Which of the following is
not
a justification for the creation of strict liability offences?
They encourage greater safety and improved standards of prevention
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They only punish people who are blameworthy
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They increase administrative efficiency and act as a deterrent
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They relieve the prosecution of the difficult task of proving
mens rea
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Strict liability offences are necessary...
If there is no other means of achieving the ends of protecting the public and enforcing the law
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In all aspects of the law
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In the first instance as they are the best way of protecting the public and enforcing the law
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In cases where the defendants are blameworthy
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A number of cases developed a general due diligence (or no-negligence) defence to offences of strict liability, which places the _______ on the accused.
Intention
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Recklessness
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Burden of proof
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Liability
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Which Article of the ECHR upholds the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty'?
Article 2(2)
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Article 4(2)
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Article 6(2)
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Article 8(2)
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In which of the following cases did the ECtHR hold that 'the presumptions of fact or law' in criminal proceedings should be confined within 'reasonable limits'.
Windle
(1952)
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Salabiaku v France
(1998)
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B (A Minor) v DPP
(2000)
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Howells
(1977)
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