Criminal Law
The Criminal Courts
Fourteen districts, based on Snyman's Criminal Law — first the general principles (legality, conduct and causation, unlawfulness, capacity, fault, and participation), then inchoate liability, and finally the specific crimes from murder to the offences against public justice.
District 1
The Gate of Legality
The foundation — nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege, and the five rules of legality.
District 2
The District of Conduct
Voluntary conduct, automatism, omissions and the two stages of causation.
District 3
The Justification Quarter
Grounds of justification — private defence, necessity, consent, and more.
District 4
The Capacity Precinct
Criminal capacity — mental illness, youth, intoxication and non-pathological incapacity.
District 5
The Culpability District
Fault — intention (dolus), mistake, and negligence (culpa).
District 6
The Participation District
Perpetrators, common purpose, accomplices and accessories after the fact.
District 7
The Inchoate Gateway
Liability before the crime is complete — attempt, conspiracy, and incitement.
District 8
Murder District
Unlawful and intentional killing — the pillars, the intent, the causal chain.
District 9
Culpable Homicide Boulevard
Negligent killing — the reasonable person test and the bridge to murder.
District 10
Assault Quarter
Unlawful force against the body — contact, threat, and GBH.
District 11
Property Crimes District
Theft, robbery, housebreaking, and malicious injury to property.
District 12
Fraud Market
Fraud, forgery, and uttering — deception and its consequences.
District 13
Sexual Offences Precinct
Sexual offences and the centrality of consent.
District 14
Public Justice Square
Perjury, defeating justice, obstruction, and contempt of court.
Start with the general principles, then apply them to the specific crimes. Each district covers a core question, key nodes, cases, and flashcards — click one to enter.