Actus Reus and Mens Rea Explained Simply: A Beginner’s Guide

Actus Reus and Mens Rea Explained Simply: A Beginner’s Guide

Imagine accidentally picking up someone else’s phone from a café table because it looks exactly like yours. Now imagine deliberately taking that same phone because you want to keep it. The physical action looks almost identical: you picked up property belonging to someone else. Yet criminal law may treat these situations very differently because what … Read more