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1.Easy

Mens rea refers to:

  1. AThe victim's state of mind
  2. BThe punishment for a crime
  3. CThe mental element of a crime
  4. DThe physical act of a crime
2.Easy

Which Act created the offences of fraud by false representation, failing to disclose information and abuse of position?

  1. AThe Serious Crime Act 2007
  2. BThe Fraud Act 2006
  3. CThe Theft Act 1978
  4. DThe Criminal Justice Act 1988
3.Easy

The principle "nullum crimen sine lege" means that:

  1. ALaws apply retroactively
  2. BJudges can create new crimes freely
  3. CAll crimes are punished with prison
  4. DThere is no crime without a law defining it beforehand
4.Medium

In English law, the test for dishonesty in theft is now set out in:

  1. AIvey v Genting Casinos
  2. BR v Ghosh
  3. CDonoghue v Stevenson
  4. DR v Cunningham
5.Medium

Strict liability offences are offences where:

  1. ALiability arises only if the defendant was negligent as to every element
  2. BOnly intentional acts count
  3. CNo mens rea is required for at least one element of the actus reus
  4. DThe defendant must confess
6.Medium

D takes a college exam paper, reads it and returns it, planning to cheat. Following Oxford v Moss, D did not steal because:

  1. AD was a student at the college
  2. BConfidential information is not property under the Theft Act
  3. CThe paper itself was returned, so there was no intention to deprive
  4. DExam papers have no economic value
7.Hard

Which principle comes from DPP v Majewski (1977)?

  1. AIntoxication can never be considered by a jury
  2. BDrunkenness reduces murder to manslaughter in every case
  3. CInvoluntary intoxication is always a complete defence
  4. DVoluntary intoxication is no defence to crimes of basic intent
8.Hard

In R v Lloyd (1985), a cinema employee lent films to be copied and returned them within hours. The court held there was no theft because:

  1. AThe films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted
  2. BThe employee had the cinema's permission to borrow the films for a short time
  3. CCopying films was not illegal at the time
  4. DFilms are intangible property that cannot be stolen

Answer key

  1. 1. C · The mental element of a crime
  2. 2. B · The Fraud Act 2006
  3. 3. D · There is no crime without a law defining it beforehand
  4. 4. A · Ivey v Genting Casinos
  5. 5. C · No mens rea is required for at least one element of the actus reus
  6. 6. B · Confidential information is not property under the Theft Act
  7. 7. D · Voluntary intoxication is no defence to crimes of basic intent
  8. 8. A · The films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted

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