Actus Reus AR = the conduct element. Prescribes what needs to be done‚ in what circumstance and with what result (but not necessarily all three). Result: V is killed (note that we don’t really criminalise results in themselves‚ but rather the causation of results). Conduct: in rape: penetration. Circumstance: property belongs to another. All crimes have an AR. It is possible to have missing MR elements but this is not so for AR. Omissions Stephen LJ: “It is not a crime to cause death or injury
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“Harrison Bergeron” Does equality mean that someone has to be dumbed down and/or made weaker? Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” would imply just that. “Harrison Bergeron” takes place in 2081‚ 120 years after its first publication. The story also implies that the government is almost‚ if not completely‚ totalitarian. The only government official depicted in the story‚ Diana Moon Glampers‚ the Handicapper General is the only person who seems to have final authority regarding equality. This
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bourgeoisie class. But‚ the bourgeoisie does not want their ideology of equality to be relinquished‚ so after trying to imprison Harrison‚ resort to more violent measures. Diana Moon Glampers‚ the Handicapper General‚ “fired twice‚ and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor” (Vonnegut). Not only does this thwart the minute insurrection‚ it reinforces the grip the bourgeoisie has on the
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process of the creation of an heir‚ just hours after the night of their wedding. Imagine “making babies” with a 15-year old stranger on the first night you met. According to page 98‚ “At the heart of Marie Antoinette’s personal failure – as the Empress saw it – was her inability to inspire sexual passion in her husband. Nothing was quite certain about her position until the final physical act was performed that was intended to crown the Franco-Austrian alliance.” The young Dauphine had too much
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Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Chapter Thesis I. Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era Sui Excesses and Collapse The Emergence of the Tang and the Restoration of the Empire Rebuilding the World’s Largest and Most Pervasive Bureaucracy Institutionalizing Meritocracy: The Growing Importance of the Examination System State and Religion in the Tang and Song Eras The Anti-Buddhist Backlash II. Tang Decline and the
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Katniss (Suzanne Collins‚ 5.) Both governments dislike the idea and act of rebellion. “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers‚ the Handicapper General‚ care into the studio with a double-barrel ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice‚ and the Emperor and the Empress were dead.” (Kurt Vonnegut‚ 138) “Harrison Bergeron’s” government killed two people who just wanted to be free of their handicaps because they rebelled. “Twelve defeated‚ the thirteenth obliterated.” (Suzanne Collins‚ 18) This quote was talking about
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Gandhi Between 1858 and 1947 the British ruled over India. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria‚ who was also called Empress of India‚ and lasted until 1947‚ when the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign states. Gandhi went to South Africa at the age of 24 and worked there as a legal representative for the Muslim Indian Traders. He spent there 21 years
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Razumovsky‚ which Razumovsky married Teplov’s cousin. By having Teplov as his advisor and secretary‚ it gave Kirill a lead and advantage to win the election in 1750. Kirill was a Hetman (a Cossack military commander) of Ukraine. In the fall of 1764‚ the Empress Catherine II ousted (drove out) Kirill of Hetman power and started offensive against those left of the political autonomy of the Left-Bank Ukraine. Aside from having Teplov as his advisor and secretary‚ one of Kirill’s main reasons for holding power
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If it wasn’t for the great despots of the 18th century‚ The Enlightenment would have never happened. The despots included such great thinkers as Fredrick the II‚ Peter the Great‚ Katherine the II‚ and Maria Therea. These great minds inspired others to think in a different way. People began to question religion‚ governments‚ and economic fairness. Without them we would not have had the scientific method that has lead to many of the inventions that we have today. They not only had a huge impact on
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Program Note Mother Goose Suite‚ Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel was born on March 7‚ 1875‚ in Ciboure‚ France‚ and died in Paris on December 28‚ 1937. At the age of 14‚ he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire and studied under the famous French composer‚ Gabriel Fauré. ‘Although he had none of his own‚ Ravel loved children. Throughout his life‚ he kept his ability to see the world through a child’s eyes‚ and he never outgrew his passion for creating elaborate toys and reading fairy tales aloud.”[
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