Unlawful death could be as a result of murder, manslaughter, suicide and infanticide. So what are the legal differences?

Law is the body of customs and rules governing human conduct of a community, which is formally recognized as binding among those persons who constitute that community and those rules are enforced by a co...

At common law, murder is killing another human being with malice aforethought. This means that the defendant had the intention to kill or create grievous bodily harm. The offense of murder requires proof...

At common law, definition of crime consists of two main elements mens rea and actus reus. Together, they describe the crime committed. A guilty behavior manifests itself in some form of "act" (commission...

In order to have criminal liability there must be criminal conduct. Criminal conduct is conduct that is without justification and without excuse. Voluntary act is the “conduct” part of criminal conduct. ...

IRAC stands for the "Issue, Rule, Application (Analysis), Conclusion" structure of legal analysis. An effective essay follows some form of the IRAC structure where it is organized around an "issue", a "r...