Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each concept to what it names.
- Irresistible force
- Reflex movement
- State of unconsciousness
- Actio libera in causa
- Moving the analysis back to the moment the person freely created their own incapacity
- A movement that bypasses the will entirely
- Sleep, certain seizures, or deep intoxication with total loss of consciousness
- The body is moved by an external force, leaving the will no part
Hints
- Three name situations in which there is no conduct; one names the answer to them.
- The fourth relocates the question in time rather than answering it in place.
Show the answer
- Irresistible force → The body is moved by an external force, leaving the will no part
- Reflex movement → A movement that bypasses the will entirely
- State of unconsciousness → Sleep, certain seizures, or deep intoxication with total loss of consciousness
- Actio libera in causa → Moving the analysis back to the moment the person freely created their own incapacity
Why
The fourth pair is what stops the first three from becoming a loophole. Someone who drinks themselves into unconsciousness knowing they must drive is not answerable for the movements made while unconscious, and is answerable for the free decision that produced the state, which is where the criminal law relocates its attention.
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