LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mens Rea, Absolute Liability
14 Oct 2017
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Word of mouth is best business: recommendations, advertise, events, charitable work. Crown prosecuters are government lawyers and take up 50% of them. Cri(cid:373) defe(cid:374)ce la(cid:449)(cid:455)ers do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e fir(cid:373)s, the(cid:455) are i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual. Women leaves crim law practice in alarming rates: lack of respect, lack of payment, lack of mat leave, 5 months. Crim lawyers are self employed: do(cid:374)"t take lo(cid:374)g (cid:373)at lea(cid:448)es. Government moves to scrub abortion laws: zombie laws struck down in charter but are written in text in judicial precedent to be struck down! Legal defence always come on when facts are proven. Justifications pleas that the conduct of defendant was acceptance and thus necessarily lawful. Excuse do not seek to defend the conduct of defendant per se but seek to say that, in particular instance, the defendant ought not to be blamed for what he/she did. Accused does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)e(cid:374)s rea for offe(cid:374)ce. Must be honest (subjective) and reasonable (objective)
