Criminal Law #6: Strict Liability Wednesday, Feb 15 2006
1L and Criminal Law and Neil Wehneman and University of Cincinnati College of Law 5:37 am
Sometimes a material element of a crime, or perhaps even all of the material elements of a crime, will lack a mens rea requirement. This is known as strict liability. Under what circumstances is this allowable? In this episode we will also examine vicarious liability.
Morissette v. United States
Staples v. United States
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