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Carmen Azorin Lopez grupo 2

PRACTICE SESSION 2

A. INTRODUCTORY NOTES

1. Complete the table

Essential element of an offence Definition

Actus reus
The action or omission per se
Action of doing something bad (or
the omission

Mens rea
The guilty mind, the fact of doing something knowingly,
The thought of doing somet- hing recklessly and/or intentionally
bad.

The equivalent is: delito

2. Answer the question:

Do somothing against the law. The main requirement ir article 25 CE.

B. OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY

3. Answer the question:

The act of stealing something.

Taking someone else’s property without their permission/consent.

A theft ocurrs when someone steal something of other without the permission of him with
no intention of returning it.

4. Complete:

Actus reus: dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another

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Mens rea: the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. In a crime, intention is
the most important part.
5. Match pictures with words:

Picture 1 Theft (without violence and not enteri- ng

into someone's house)

Picture 2 Robbery (there is a treath of violence or

violence itself)

Picture 3 Burglary (the burglar is entering to

someone's house)

5.2 Complete. The word is: trespass

5.3 Complete. The word is: forcé of violence

5.4 Complete:

Section in Spanish Definition in Spanish

Term in English Term in Spanish
Criminal Code Criminal Code

Hurto
Theft

Robo con violencia

Robbery
O intimidación

Robo con fuerza de

Burglary las cosas

5.5 Complete.

Theft Burglary X Robbery

Case 1

Justify answer: the defended did not used violence when he entered at the building.

Theft X Burglary Robbery

Case 2
Justify answer: there is not use of force and it occurs in a public place

Theft X Burglary Robbery

Case 3

Justify answer: it was in the Street and there wasn’t force in the act.

B. OFFENCES AGAINST LIFE AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY

6. Complete the table:

Offences threatening life Definition (acc. to UK law)

Homicide The act of one human killing another.

Manslaughter Unlawful killing of one person by another person

Involuntary maslaughther The act of killing another person with no intention to kill
(without mens rea)

Gross negligence mans- laughter The act of killing another person due to a grossly
negligent conduct

Murder The act of killing another person with the intention to

kill (with mens rea) and without any legally admissible
mitigating circumstances

Voluntary manslaughter The act of killing another person with the intention to
kill (with mens rea) but with loss of control, diminished
responsibility or pursuing a suicide pact.

7. Find English equivalent in texts:

Delito grave (Am.E.): fenoly/crime

Alevosía:malice aferothought

Ensañamiento: cruelty

Garante:surety

Promesa:undertaking

Libertad provisional (bajo fianza):releassed no bail

Libertad condicional:parole
Libertad vigilada:probation

Condena (2): sentencie and convinction

Cadena perpetua: life imprisonment

8. Practical cases. Is there a crime? What type?

1.

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