AC1

• Actus Reus

  (a guilty act) - they must have done something against the law
• Mens Rea

  (a guilty mind) - they must have had the intention of doing it
• Summary offences and Indictable offences

  1. These are less serious and are tried in magistrates court
  2. These are more serious and are tried in crown court before a judge and jury
• How laws change between Culture and Place - Homosexuality

  Where is it legal and illegal

  legal - UK, U.S, Denmark and 30 more places

  illegal - Morocco, Afghanistan, Egypt and more
• How laws change between Culture and Place - Homosexuality when was it made legal in UK

  1967, sexual offences act
• How laws change between Culture and Place - Homosexuality why might it be illegal in places and what punishments

  Religion, Traditional values

  Types of punishments - death penalty, stoning to death and castration
• How laws change between Culture and Place - Drug laws


  In UK, weed is illegal while certain drugs like cocaine are only for authorised people

  Drug laws in Portugal, 2001 decriminalization bill and the consumer is now regarded as a patient rather than a criminal