1. English for Lawyers 3 Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević
G10, room 6/I, Tue 11:30-12:30
Session 3, 17 Oct 2017

2. Criminal Law
(continued)

3. 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?

4. Criminal law
Do exercises V and VII

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

6. 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?

7. 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

8. 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.

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

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

11. 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?

12. Thank you for your attention!