Table of contents
Every topic of Lanbuk on the Law of Crimes in Sierra Leone, with the cases, the quiz and the model answers.
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Topics
- 1The criminal courts of Sierra LeoneWhere crimes are tried and how appeals move up
- 2The nature and purpose of criminal lawWhat makes conduct a crime, and why the State punishes
- 3The elements of a crimeActus reus, mens rea, concurrence and causation
- 4Classification of offencesTreason, felonies, misdemeanours and customary offences
- 5Parties to crimePrincipals, aiders and accessories
- 6Murder, manslaughter and infanticideUnlawful killing under the 1861 Act and the common law
- 7Assaults, false imprisonment and sexual offencesOffences against the person short of death
- 8Larceny, robbery and burglaryOffences against possession under the Larceny Act 1916
- 9Receiving, forgery, false accounting and fraudDishonesty offences beyond simple stealing
- 10Offences against public morals and public orderBigamy, blasphemy, sexual morality and the Public Order Act
- 11Treason and offences against the StateThe Treason and State Offences Act 1963
- 12Offences against the administration of justicePerjury, subornation, perverting justice and contempt
- 13Inchoate offencesAttempt, conspiracy and incitement
- 14General defencesSelf-defence, necessity, duress, intoxication and insanity
- 15Reform of the criminal lawFrom a wilderness of imported statutes to modern law
Study tools
- Cases33 case summaries: facts, issue, held and principle.
- Quiz75 questions, with a timer and saved scores.
- Model answers8 essay and problem questions with IRAC answers.
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