Criminal Liability and the Failure to Act
Number of pages:
7
ABSTRACT:
This 7 page UK law paper critically examines the situations in which a person can be liable in criminal law for an omission to act. The paper looks at different types of omission, where a duty to act is express or may be implied and the way the courts deal with omission to act where there may be a moral if not legal duty. The paper also makes a brief comparison with France where there is a positive duty to act. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
FILE NAME:
File: TS14_TEfailact.rtf
Send Me This Paper
Back to Papers