BRAINSTORM

Criminal law defenses (English examples)

• Accident
• Assisting lawful arrest
• Automatism
• Defense of other
• Defense of property
• Duress by threats
• Duress of circumstances
• Effecting lawful arrest
• Involuntary conduct
• Involuntary intoxication
• Insanity
• Marital coercion
• Mistake
• Mistake of fact
• Necessity
• Prevention of a crime
• Self-defense
• Superior orders
• Uncontrollable impulse
• Capacity and immunities
  • Children under 10
  • Corporations
  • Unincorporated associations
  • Members of Parliament
  • The Sovereign
  • Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and diplomatic staff
  • Foreign heads of state
  • Persons connected with international organizations
  • Consular offices and other members of a consular post
  • Visiting forces
  • Aliens
  • Immunity notices