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UNREASONABLE MISTAKE [1 record]

Record 1 1983-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

If the distinction (...) between statutory and common law offences would have the effect of giving a defence of unreasonable mistake to a person accused of a crime, which (...) imported mens rea, but would limit the defence to one of reasonable mistake to a person accused of a crime which imported mens rea only by implication, the justification for the distinction is not apparent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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