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Volume 72 Number 6 2008
ISSN: 0022-0183 eISSN: 1740-5580
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Opinion
Penalties in the Penumbra of the Criminal law
Gary Slapper*
467
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.527
Criminal Law Legislation Update
Laura McGowan
470
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.528
Divisional Court
Modifying Control Orders: Illuminating the Borderline
Keywords: Terrorism; European Convention on Human Rights, Article 5; Liberty and security; Reasonable suspicion; Judicial review 476
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.529
Court of Appeal
Ear-print Evidence
Keywords: Ear print; Expert evidence; Jury direction on scientific evidence; Developments in forensic science 488
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.532
House of Lords
Prosecuting Children under s. 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Keywords: Sexual Offences Act 2003; Rape of a child; Consent; Sex offences and Convention rights; Juvenile offenders 491
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.534
Comment
Master or Servant: A Corporation’s Liability for the Activities of a Ship’s Master
Keywords: Corporate manslaughter and homicide; Maritime industry;Corporate seniority of a master of a vessel; Liability under the International Safety Management Code; Corporate liability avoidance
Trevor J. Douglas
497
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.535
Articles
The Concept of Consent under the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Keywords: Sexual Offences Act 2003; Consent; Reasonable belief;Rape; Sexual assault
Jesse Elvin*
519
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.536
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JCL 72 (2008) 519
The Concept of Consent under the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Jesse Elvin*
This article examines the provisions relating to consent under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. It considers whether the law in this area now possesses a satisfactory level of clarity following a number of recent Court of Appeal decisions, and concludes that there may be a need for further legislative reform in this respect.
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Minding the Gap in Unlawful and Dangerous Act Manslaughter: A Moral Defence of One-punch Killers
Keywords: Unlawful act manslaughter; Moral threshold; Moral culpability
Barry Mitchell
537
DOI: 1350/jcla.2008.72.6.537
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JCL 72 (2008) 537
Minding the Gap in Unlawful and Dangerous Act Manslaughter: A Moral Defence of One-punch Killers
Barry Mitchell
Whilst it is true that the one-punch killer has crossed a moral threshold and acted wrongfully by committing an assault, his victim’s death may be both unforeseen and unforeseeable. The gap between what was foreseen/foreseeable and death may thus be considerable. This article suggests it is too great; convicting the killer of manslaughter places too much weight on the element of luck. The task then is to identify an appropriate principle for regulating the gap and in the course of tackling this task the article considers and rejects, inter alia, a recent recommendation by the Law Reform Commission of Ireland.
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