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AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
Topic overviewDistributive and Corrective JusticeTheories of Justice: Rawls, Nozick and MarxWhat Law Does in SocietyHow Law and Morality Are EnforcedMoral Diversity in a Pluralist SocietyThe Hart-Devlin DebateProcedural Justice and UtilitarianismThe Rule of Law: Core RequirementsLaw, Rights and the Resolution of DisputesFault and Strict LiabilityWhere Law and Morality OverlapWolfenden and R v BrownAristotle on JusticeJustice through Civil and Criminal LawCriminal and civil law comparedCustom, statute and common law as sourcesEquality, Fairness and Clarity before the Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Topic overviewArticle 2 and Article 5: Life and LibertyArticle 11 and the Conditions for RestrictionRights, Liberties and Correlative DutiesThe Scope of Fundamental Human RightsArticle 2 Exceptions and the Article 5 GuaranteeInterfering with Article 8 RightsArticle 10: Freedom of Expression and Its LimitsThe Human Rights Act and Categories of Rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Topic overviewFreedom of Association and Its LimitsArticle 2: Justified Deprivation of LifeArticle 5: Lawful Arrest and DetentionArticle 8: Private and Family LifeArticle 11: What It ProtectsArticle 2: Negative and Positive ObligationsThe Article 2.2 Exceptions in DetailArticle 5.1: Liberty and Security of PersonDetention under Article 5.1(a) to (c)Article 5.2 to 5.5: Information and ReviewArticle 10.1: Freedom of ExpressionWhich Paragraphs Permit RestrictionThe Grounds for Lawful DetentionEnforcing Rights in Strasbourg and by Judicial Review
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Topic overviewThe Common Requirements for RestrictionsLegitimate Aims and ProportionalityBringing a Claim to the Strasbourg CourtArticle 46, Judicial Review and Section 7 ClaimsPrescribed by Law and Necessary in a DemocracyLegitimate Aims for Restricting Articles 10 and 11Enforcement in Strasbourg and at HomeThe Two General Conditions for RestrictionLegitimate Aims across Articles 8, 10 and 11Who May Claim and How Rights Are EnforcedSupervising Judgments and Judicial Review Remedies
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Fatal Offences Against the Person
- 4 subtopics
- 9 things to know
- Paper 1
What Fatal Offences Against the Person covers
Murder and its elements, and the partial defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility, together with involuntary manslaughter.
The 4 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The Elements of MurderRecall questions on the four elements of murder at common law and on unlawful killing, the King's peace and who counts as a human being.Open →
- Loss of ControlRecall questions on the effect of the partial defence, the statute containing it, what must have caused the loss and the qualifying triggers.Open →
- Diminished ResponsibilityRecall questions on the three capacities that may be substantially impaired and what impairment of each means.Open →
- Unlawful Act and Gross Negligence ManslaughterRecall questions on the elements of unlawful act manslaughter, what makes an act unlawful and dangerous, the duty, breach, causation and gross negligence required for gross negligence manslaughter, and how both differ from murder.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Key term
What does 'under the King's peace' mean in the definition of murder?
Key term
What must the prosecution prove to establish the actus reus of murder?
Process
What objective test must be satisfied for the loss of control defence?
Key term
What is the legal effect of successfully pleading loss of control as a defence to murder?
Key term
What must the defendant show to rely on the 'anger trigger' for loss of control?
Process
When does voluntary manslaughter arise?
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Name the three capacities that may be substantially impaired for diminished responsibility.
Key term
Can an omission form the basis of unlawful act manslaughter?
Take Fatal Offences Against the Person further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Murder vs Voluntary manslaughter
Murder: unlawful killing with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm. Voluntary manslaughter: a killing with that intent reduced by a partial defence.
Loss of control vs Diminished responsibility
Loss of control: a partial defence requiring a qualifying trigger and a loss of self-control. Diminished responsibility: a partial defence requiring an abnormality of mental functioning from a recognised condition.
Unlawful act manslaughter vs Gross negligence manslaughter
Unlawful act manslaughter: death caused by a dangerous criminal act. Gross negligence manslaughter: death caused by a breach of a duty of care falling far below the standard expected.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What are the four elements required to establish murder at common law?
Model answer
(1) Unlawful killing, (2) of a human being, (3) under the King's peace, (4) with malice aforethought.
- 2
What does 'unlawful killing' mean in the context of murder?
Model answer
A killing that is not legally justified or excused (e.g. not in lawful self-defence or by lawful execution).
- 3
What does 'under the King's peace' mean in the definition of murder?
Model answer
The killing must not occur during the course of war against an enemy combatant; it excludes lawful acts of war.
- 4
Who qualifies as 'a human being' for the purposes of murder?
Model answer
A living person; the victim must have been born alive and have an existence independent of the mother.
- 5
What must the prosecution prove to establish the actus reus of murder?
Model answer
That the defendant caused the death of a living human being.
- 6
Define 'malice aforethought' as an element of murder.
Model answer
The mental element of murder, meaning intention to kill or intention to cause grievous bodily harm.
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Fatal Offences Against the Person revision questions
- What does Fatal Offences Against the Person cover in AQA A-Level Law?
- 4 subtopics: the elements of murder, loss of control, diminished responsibility and unlawful act and gross negligence manslaughter. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Fatal Offences Against the Person organised?
- By the AQA 7162 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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