Attempt: The Conduct Requirement

The law relating to the conduct requirement for criminal attempts is confused and incoherent. This article examines this incoherence, rejects the Law Commission's provisional proposals to split the crime of attempt into two separate inchoate offences and suggests a reformulation of the conduct...

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Published in:Oxford journal of legal studies 2009-04, Vol.29 (1), p.25-41
Main Author: Clarkson, Christopher M. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crime victims
Criminal attempts
Criminal culpability
Criminal defenses
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Criminal offenses
Criminality
Criminals
Defendants
Guns
Legal reform
Liability
Offenders
Property crimes
Responsibility
Sexual assault
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Summary:The law relating to the conduct requirement for criminal attempts is confused and incoherent. This article examines this incoherence, rejects the Law Commission's provisional proposals to split the crime of attempt into two separate inchoate offences and suggests a reformulation of the conduct requirement in attempts.
ISSN:0143-6503
1464-3820
DOI:10.1093/ojls/gqn027