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I'm not sure what you're asking about... Umm.. the sections in the act give the two elements (necessity and excessive self-defence). in the first half to do with necessity (s. 418), ss (1) says that a person will not be criminally responsible if the person carries out self-defence.. in s...

Morning! lol, you two are too funny! Self-defence is contained in the crimes act s.....418. there are basically two elements you need to fulfil to rely on it: necessity (418(2)) and proportionality (421-excessive self-defence)). If you can prove both (that it was necessary and...

Just take her out to lunch to somewhere nice (if the weather is good).. like... I like Watsons Bay.. you can do it cheaply; catch a ferry across from circular quay and get some takeaway from Doyles.. buy her some flowers and a nice card. I know its her 18th, but I'm sure she'll also...

Gah! I'm sooo close: 2067 words (including the stupid references of course)...grrr references I'm sleeping now. Nite!

My biggest defence is provocation, so yeah, I'm talking about it a lot too. Are you talking about proportionality in self-defence for a counter-argument for the prosecution? My back hurts. Dont even mention contracts... I think I'll vomit.

I'm never sure in law... I just write "may" a lot! I just assume that it would be pretty close to having her acquitted because Tom was stabilised and taken off the critical list... he was healing. Thus, the wound was no longer "operating" at the time of death, and it wouldnt be substantial...

Cool, thats what i thought too.. With specific intent, if she argues intoxication, what are the possible outcomes? it cant be acquittal can it? its just taken into account in jury direction and sentencing, right? Are both of you putting causation first? I was going to do that, but just...

Question with murder: do we have to prove reckless indifference all the time? or only sometimes if its what the case is going on, due to all the "or's" between each possibility; "was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily...

I was thinking about separating my essay into defence and prosecution, but I dont think I have the words to do it in! So its under the little headings of the different defences, but under each defence I have the defence and prosecutions arguments... kinda like any other law hypothetical...

That book needs updating already: its like the 1998 edition, a lot has happened since then! I never know whether to trust what its saying... Grrr!

Yeah, I mean attempted murder. I figured it all out though, just read the lecture on attempts. Basically, its an issue of causation: did she, or did she not kill him in the legal sense. See Smith (1959) for the NSW test. I applied BWS in regards to selfdefence v. tokenly. Because the test is...

Ah, I have just found it. I am 600 words over. Yuck.

Does anyone know the answer to my two questions (C'mon iwannarock and Mr. Oz, you know you wanna help me ;) ) Ummm.. Do you know whether we have the 10% leeway for the word count? I emailed Anne, and she said "I cant answer any questions during the exam period": what the hell is that? I'm not...

With number 2, I couldl descrbibe the hypotheses, but that would have taken half a page to do it, and then I didnt know any experiments involving them, except one! I didn't like the "evaluate" either, but I had more to write about in that one compared to the other alternatives!

I know! Sigh, it was such a good plan...

Agreed! Just a question (and I know this is going to sound stupid), but which defences should one address first? I was told to do it from complete to partial, so you test them all out from the best to the worst. But then, I dont know where to talk about the causation. I just thought of a...

Umm.. I'm not sure because I've never handed anything in late... I'm assuming it would be like any other assignment: they deduct marks based on how late it is... it might be a mark per day, or maybe even more severe with take-home exams... Not sure sorry!

Nope, no indication whatsoever. Its like most other units: they take esssays, and you dont actually know for sure whether they got it or not until you get your marks back! If your mark slips to an F, you know they havent got it. But if you handed it in in the right place at the right time...

I'm not going to waste my time with defining mens rea and actus reus... we've only got 2000 words to do this in. I'm confused about intoxication- I hate it! Is the fact that its self-induced mean that she cant rely on it in cases of specific intent (ie. muder/manslaughter)? If so, are we just...

Oh, I wouldnt matter too much. My writing got pretty shocking towards the end of the second essay. How long did it take you to do the multi-choice? I was up to about question 30, and looked at the clock, and it was only quarter past! So I made myself slow down, but I was onto the essays at about...