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study points

After reading this chapter, you will be able to understand:

•what elements are required to form criminal liability

•the term actus reus and explain how it applies in criminal cases

•the circumstances when a failure to act (or omission) may result in criminal liability

•the operation of causation in criminal law

•the principle that the defendant must ‘take his victims as he finds them’

•how to critique the law of actus reus with reference to reasoned and thoughtful arguments.