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Abstract
The layman thinks of a crime as something "wrong" or "wicked",--more, as something intentionally wrong or wicked. He does not believe that he should be subjected to criminal punishment for accidents and inadvertencies, or even for his neglects. In general the law looks at the matter in the same way, and in the lawbooks the layman's idea has found expression in the rule that a crime requires, in addition to an act, a mens rea--a guilty mind with respect to the act.
Recommended Citation
CRIMES-NEGLIGENCE AND CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE,
24
Mich. L. Rev.
285
(1926).
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