Essay Plan: “Murder is only committed by people who kill with the intention that their victims should die, and the law should be reformed to reflect that.”

Essay Plan: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of either the defence of insanity, or the defence of diminished responsibility. Explain how the law could be improved.

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.22

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.21

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.20

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No. 19

Essay: ‘Attributing criminal responsibility to someone who lacks capacity is a tricky business. And so it should be.’ Discuss with respect to intoxication.

Essay Plan: ‘Where there are multiple factual causes of a criminal outcome it is unclear which, if any, of them will be held to be the legal cause.’

Essay Plan: Omissions question

Essay Plan: ‘Murder is Only Committed by People Who Kill with the Intention that Their Victims Should Die, and the Law Should be Reformed to Reflect That.’

Essay Plan: ‘Involuntary Manslaughter Should be Reformed So There is Only One Category, Reckless Manslaughter.’ Discuss.

Essay Plan: ‘The Meaning of Causation is Heavily Context Specific and...Parliament (or in Some Cases the Courts) May Apply Different Rules of Causation in Different Situations.’ R v Hughes [2013]. Does This Mean that the Law of Causation is Unprincipled?

Essay Plan: 'Properly Understood, Gross Negligence is Equal to Recklessness in Terms of Level of Culpability, Just as Foresight of Virtual Certainty is Equal to Intention in Terms of Level of Culpability.'

Essay Plan: ‘It is never fair to convict a person of an offence unless that person knew that she was or might be committing all the elements of the offence she is charged with.’ Discuss.

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.18