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1.Easy

In England and Wales, which body decides on charges in most serious cases and conducts public prosecutions?

  1. AThe Magistrates' Association
  2. BThe Home Office
  3. CThe Crown Prosecution Service
  4. DThe Law Commission
2.Easy

In English law, "voluntary manslaughter" refers to:

  1. AA killing caused by an unlawful and dangerous act, without intent to kill
  2. BA killing with the mens rea for murder where a partial defence applies
  3. CA killing that the victim consented to in advance
  4. DA killing caused by gross negligence at work
3.Easy

Which Act provides the statutory framework for reasonable force in self-defence and householder cases in England and Wales?

  1. AThe Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
  2. BThe Sexual Offences Act 2003
  3. CThe Human Rights Act 1998
  4. DThe Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
4.Medium

Duress as a defence is generally NOT available in English law to a charge of:

  1. ATheft
  2. BDrug possession
  3. CMurder
  4. DCriminal damage
5.Medium

"Dolus eventualis" (voorwaardelijk opzet) in Dutch criminal law means the defendant:

  1. AKnowingly accepted the considerable chance that the consequence would occur
  2. BActed entirely by accident
  3. CDid not foresee the consequence at all
  4. DWanted the consequence as their main goal and acted in order to bring it about
6.Medium

D throws a glass of beer over V intending only to wet her; the glass slips and cuts V. Following R v Savage, D's liability under section 47 OAPA requires:

  1. AForesight that at least some actual bodily harm would result from the assault
  2. BOnly the mens rea of assault or battery, with no foresight of harm needed
  3. CIntention to cause actual bodily harm
  4. DForesight that grievous bodily harm would be caused
7.Hard

Under the "transferred malice" doctrine, if A aims a blow at B but hits C:

  1. AA cannot be liable for harm to C because A had no mens rea at all in relation to C
  2. BA's intention towards B is transferred, so A can be liable for the harm to C
  3. CB becomes liable for the harm to C
  4. DA is only liable for attempted harm to C
8.Hard

In R v Windle (1952), the court interpreted "wrong" in the M'Naghten Rules to mean:

  1. AWrong according to the defendant's own beliefs
  2. BWrong in the eyes of a doctor
  3. CMorally wrong by society's standards
  4. DLegally wrong

Answer key

  1. 1. C · The Crown Prosecution Service
  2. 2. B · A killing with the mens rea for murder where a partial defence applies
  3. 3. D · The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
  4. 4. C · Murder
  5. 5. A · Knowingly accepted the considerable chance that the consequence would occur
  6. 6. B · Only the mens rea of assault or battery, with no foresight of harm needed
  7. 7. B · A's intention towards B is transferred, so A can be liable for the harm to C
  8. 8. D · Legally wrong

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