Essay Plan: ‘Over the past 15 years, legislation and case law has succeeded in clarifying the meaning of consent as a key element of sexual offences.’ Discuss.

Essay Plan: How could the concept of consent be better defined than it currently is in sexual offences?

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.17

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.16

Essay Plan: “If the law is restated by adopting a narrower definition of appropriation, [it] is likely to place beyond the reach of the criminal law dishonest persons who should be found guilty of theft”. Do you agree?

Essay Plan: ‘There is no need for the element of “intention permanently to deprive” in the offence of theft, just as there is no need for the element of “dishonesty” in the offence of fraud. ‘Discuss.

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.

Essay Plan: "The criminal law sometimes criminalises omissions; it also occasionally criminalises involuntary acts. This is regrettable."

Essay Plan: "The mental element for murder is currently too broad; but to confine it to an intent to kill would be to narrow it too far. Discuss."

Essay Plan: "The concept of consent has proved resistant to legislative clarification, leaving the core element of the most serious sexual offences hopelessly uncertain. Discuss."

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No. 15

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.14

Problem Question: Criminal Law, No.13

Essay Plan: "Only people who foresee that their actions will cause death should be convicted of murder. And only people who foresee that their actions will cause serious harm should be convicted of manslaughter. Discuss."

Essay Plan: "In what circumstances does the law allow a defendant’s intoxication to be relevant to criminal liability? Is the current law satisfactory?"