Question 1 'Punishing omissions is inconsistent with the underpinning rationales of criminal law. Therefore, liability for omissions should only arise in the most exceptional circumstances.' Discuss. -consider what underpinning rationales there might be -to encourage good behaviour -greater liability with omissions means greeter liability for people -e.g., other legal systems are superior because they take another approach -> academic debate about omissions -> know something about alternative approaches of other countries/n Ques will be available at 2:30 pm, 20th may, we will have 4.5 hrs to complete The assignment is about uk law There will be two Questions, and you have to do each in 1500 words the answers should be based on the above lecture notes and from the textbook Textbook: Jonathan Herring, Criminal Law: text, cases, and Materials (10th edition, 2022) Note - ou are NOT expected to cite your sources in footnotes in accordance with OSCOLA or any other formal referencing system. However, you are expected to indicate in the main body of the text to which sources you are referring or paraphrasing (e.g. "As argued by [author] in [book or article title]...", "The case of X v Y established that..."), including the core textbook. Furthermore, any verbatim quotes from sources should be in quotation marks ('...'). Footnotes and a bibliography are NOT required.

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