English for Lawyers 3 Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević G10, room 6/I, Tue 11:30-12:30 e-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.com Session 3, 17 Oct 2017

Criminal Law (continued)

Answer the questions What does criminal law involve? What constitutes a criminal act? What are the two elements of a crime? How can a defendant plead? What is the prosecution’s task in court? What is the presumption of innocence? How are criminal offences classified in English law? What is the significance of the three categories?

Criminal law Do exercises V and VII

Criminal procedure Read paragraph 1 of ‘Criminal procedure’ and do exercise VI What are the roles of: the police CPS the courts?

Criminal procedure Read the rest of the paragraph and answer the questions: Where do all criminal trials begin? What trials are completed there? In what circumstances does a magistrates’ court commit a case to the Crown Court?

Sentencing Read the the paragraph and answer the questions: What are the purposes of punishing offenders? What must the judge passing sentence take into account? What types of sentences can the Crown Court impose? Do exercise VIII

Adversarial/inquisitorial systems Check your answers to exercise X DISCUSS: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two systems? Consider the points of view of the judge and the defendant.

Defences against criminal liability Exercise IX find the correct definitions of the defences discuss their differences

Diminished responsibility Why do you think diminished responsibility is not mentioned among the defences? Read the text on pp.134-5 and find out Translate the extract from Section 2 into Croatian

Diminished responsibility Study the case R v Dietschmann (2003) read the case summary and the court’s ruling What do you think of the court’s finding? Read the judge’s instruction to the jury. Can you summarize it in plain English?

Thank you for your attention!