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A doctrine or policy by which the lower courts in hierarchy are required to follow rules or principles laid down in previous judicial decisions by higher Courts. (Latin: 'stare decisis' - to stand by deci...

The eggshell skull rule (or thin skull rule) describes the principle that a defendant must "take the victim as he finds them". This means that particular vulnerabilities or frailties of a victim...

Guilty mind versus guilty act. criminal law is the main area of law which carries the risk of the offender to have one of their main human rights curtailed -- their right to freedom, by putting the offend...

Step 1: It is key to lay out what the law of voluntary manslaughter and that it is a partial defence to murder.
So one must state this and then law out what the law includes and involves; namely lay...

Remember I-P-A!

(1) ISSUE: which area of law does the question concern? What does the party you are acting for wish to achieve? 

E.g. "C ...