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Just writing up some answers to the evaluation questions that I want to learn so I have a pre planned answer for each of the 3 potential questions that could come up.
I believe im right in saying that for a murder/voluntary manslaughter evaluation question requires
PCA - Murder (Criticisms)
PCB - Diminished Responsibility & Loss of Control (Criticisms of each)
PCC - Reforms
That's all fine, my only issue is how many points/paragraphs to write for each of the potential content, there is so much I could write about but bearing in mind ill have about 25 minutes to write it, I need to make sure I don't waffle on too much so want to go into the exam with a pre planned answer.
Just wrote an answer up quickly following this structure:
PARAGRAPH 1 - Murder General Criticism (Outdated language)
PARAGRAPH 2- Murder Criticism of Actus Reus (Reasonable Creature - foetus)
PARAGRAPH 3 - Murder Criticism of Mens Rea (Intention issues)
PARAGRAPH 4 - Murder Reforms (First/Second Degree Murder)
PARAGRAPH 5 - Diminished Responsibility Criticism (Burden of Proof)
PARAGRAPH 6 - Diminished Responsibility Strengths (Reforms C&J Act 09)
PARAGRAPH 7 - Loss of Control Criticism (Sexual Infidelity)
PARAGRAPH 8 - Loss of Control Strengths (C&J Act 09 - Provocation)
I wasn't really given any model answers or help on how to structure this particular question, so I would welcome any constructive advice on how to improve it. Im worried that ive possibly spent too much time discussing murder (3 criticisms - general/actus reus/mens rea) and not enough time criticising loss of control and diminished responsibility (only 1 criticism each - sexual infidelity/burden of proof). The essay takes up almost 4 sides of A4, so I cant really make it any longer, as I wont physically be able to write quick enough. I
f anybody has any sample answers or plans that they wouldn't mind sharing, or just general advice, that would be great... thanks!!!
Just writing up some answers to the evaluation questions that I want to learn so I have a pre planned answer for each of the 3 potential questions that could come up.
I believe im right in saying that for a murder/voluntary manslaughter evaluation question requires
PCA - Murder (Criticisms)
PCB - Diminished Responsibility & Loss of Control (Criticisms of each)
PCC - Reforms
That's all fine, my only issue is how many points/paragraphs to write for each of the potential content, there is so much I could write about but bearing in mind ill have about 25 minutes to write it, I need to make sure I don't waffle on too much so want to go into the exam with a pre planned answer.
Just wrote an answer up quickly following this structure:
PARAGRAPH 1 - Murder General Criticism (Outdated language)
PARAGRAPH 2- Murder Criticism of Actus Reus (Reasonable Creature - foetus)
PARAGRAPH 3 - Murder Criticism of Mens Rea (Intention issues)
PARAGRAPH 4 - Murder Reforms (First/Second Degree Murder)
PARAGRAPH 5 - Diminished Responsibility Criticism (Burden of Proof)
PARAGRAPH 6 - Diminished Responsibility Strengths (Reforms C&J Act 09)
PARAGRAPH 7 - Loss of Control Criticism (Sexual Infidelity)
PARAGRAPH 8 - Loss of Control Strengths (C&J Act 09 - Provocation)
I wasn't really given any model answers or help on how to structure this particular question, so I would welcome any constructive advice on how to improve it. Im worried that ive possibly spent too much time discussing murder (3 criticisms - general/actus reus/mens rea) and not enough time criticising loss of control and diminished responsibility (only 1 criticism each - sexual infidelity/burden of proof). The essay takes up almost 4 sides of A4, so I cant really make it any longer, as I wont physically be able to write quick enough. I
f anybody has any sample answers or plans that they wouldn't mind sharing, or just general advice, that would be great... thanks!!!
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PCA - Murder (Criticisms)
PCB - Diminished Responsibility OR/AND Loss of Control (Criticisms of each)
PCC - Reforms
Don't necessarily need to to both, however if you do either one or the other then you will need to go into significantly more detail and mention a few more points criticisms.
PCB - Diminished Responsibility OR/AND Loss of Control (Criticisms of each)
PCC - Reforms
Don't necessarily need to to both, however if you do either one or the other then you will need to go into significantly more detail and mention a few more points criticisms.
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I think you could probably cut out paragraphs 1 and 2 mostly or even entirely, since 1 is only a minor point and 2 basically comes down to personal feelings and policy rather than an interesting point of law. On top of that I don't think you'd really need to spend much time discussing the strengths of DR/LoC since obviously they've been reformed relatively recently so everybody's fairly aware of what the good bits are - but already being able to pick holes in something that new will get you good points, I'd say.
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