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The Criminal Code of Canada includes a number of provisions to address crime in Canadian society.Which of the following does the Criminal Code NOT address?

A) how crimes are defined
B) how offenders are to be punished
C) general principles of criminal responsibility
D) the social causes of criminal offences

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For most regulatory offences in Canada,which of the following is correct?

A) The Crown has to prove mens rea but not actus reus.
B) The Crown has to prove neither actus reus nor mens rea.
C) The Crown has to prove actus reus but not mens rea.
D) The Crown has to prove both actus reus and mens rea.

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A successful defence of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder acquits a defendant of any criminal charges.

"The Supreme Court of Canada has broken new legal ground in Canada in its treatment of battered wife syndrome." Discuss this statement,showing developments in jurisprudence relating to battered wives,and offering your own views on the pros and cons of the changes.

List and describe the two primary sources of Canadian criminal law.Provide examples of both sources.

Beaver sold an undercover police officer heroin.Beaver told the police he truly believed it was not heroin but only milk sugar.It turned out to be heroin,but Beaver was found not guilty.What defence would he have used?

Which of the following is the legal term used when two or more individuals form a common intention to commit a crime?

What is the minimum number of people who can be charged with conspiracy in Canada?

According to the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Théroux (1993) ,a defendant can only be convicted of a criminal offence if that defendant acted voluntarily when committing that offence.Within the context of criminal law,what is the Latin term used to describe when a criminal offence includes an element of voluntariness?

Procuring,soliciting or inciting another person to commit at crime all fall under which of the legal terms?

What is the term used to denote the most serious offences in the Canadian Criminal Code?

Which of the following crimes does NOT require proof of objective mens rea?

What is the role of the Supreme Court of Canada in relation to criminal laws? Cite and describe a recent case (outside of the textbook)where the Supreme Court has ruled on a provision of the Criminal Code.

Which of the following correctly lists the three forms of subjective mens rea recognized in Canada as necessary for conviction for a crime?

Provocation is only a partial defence and can only be used when the charge is murder.

In Canada,you are a party to a crime and liable for conviction for murder in all of the following circumstances except one. Which is the exception?

There is a no real difference between "true crimes" that arise under the Criminal Code and regulatory offences that arise under regulatory legislation enacted by provincial and federal governments.

A person who counsels another to commit a crime becomes party to that crime.

Which of the following scenarios does NOT constitute mens rea in the context of a criminal law?

The defence of provocation can be raised when the accused is charged with which of the following crimes?