HD graded complete notes for Criminal Law under LAWS1016 at the University of Sydney. Written in 2019, these 74 pages long notes cover both Offences and Defences.

  • Lecturer
  • Professor Gail Mason
  • Class Year
  • 2019
  • Grade
  • HD
  • Number of Pages
  • 74
  • Staff Rating
  • 5/5
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These are complete Criminal Law notes that cover LAWS1016. At the end of the file, there are some problem questions as well. Covered topics and subtopics include:

  • OFFENCES
    • The Elements of Criminal Offences
      • Burdens and standards of proof in a criminal trial
      • Mens rea element in offences created by statutes
      • Defence of Honest and Reasonable Mistake of Fact
    • Homicide: Murder
      • Murder
      • Constructive Murder
    • Homicide: Manslaughter
      • Unlawful and Dangerous Act Manslaughter
      • Gross Negligence Manslaughter
      • Assault Causing Death Offences
      • Drug Supply Causing Death
    • Assault, Wounding & GBH
      • Common Assault
      • Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm
      • Wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent
      • Reckless Wounding or Infliction of GBH
      • Negligent GBH
      • Stalking and Intimidation
      • Consent for Common Assault
      • Consent for all Assault, Wounding and GBH offences except Common Assault
    • Sexual Offences
      • Aggravated Sexual Touching
        Sexual Touching
      • Sexual Assault
      • Aggravated Sexual Assault
      • Aggravated Sexual Assault in Company
      • Sexual Act
    • Larceny
    • Extending Criminal Liability – Complicity
      • Accessorial Liability
      • Joint Criminal Enterprise Liability
      • Extended Joint Criminal Enterprise
  • DEFENCES
    • Extreme Provocation
    • Self-Defence
    • Necessity and Duress
      • Necessity
      • Duress
    • Mental Illness and Substantial Impairment by Abnormality of the Mind (SIAM)
      • Mental Illness
      • SIAM
    • Voluntariness and Automatism
      • Voluntariness
      • Automatism
    • Use of Evidence of Mental Illness or Self-Induced Intoxication to Negate Intent
      • Mental Illness and Intent
      • Intoxication and Intent
    • Problem Questions

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