Canada (per Canadian
Criminal Code)
"Subjective" Fault
- Intent(ion)
- Purpose
- Wilfulness
- Knowledge
- Wilful Blindness
- Recklessness
- [Malicious]
- [Dishonest]
- [Fraudulent]
- [Corrupt]
"Objective" Fault
- Negligence
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Canada (per Draft Code, LRCC)
Purpose
Recklessness
Negligence
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Model Penal
Code
Purpose
Knowledge
Recklessness
Negligence
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NY Penal Law
Intention
Knowledge
Recklessness
Criminal Negligence
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Germany (per German Criminal Code, StGB)
Vorsatz (intention)
- Absicht (purpose)
- Wissentlichkeit (knowledge)
Fahrlässigkeit (negligence)
[Leichtfertigkeit (gross negligence?)] (e.g., §
97 StGB)
[Rücksichtslosigkeit (recklessness?)] (§ 315c StGB)
[Böswilligkeit (malice?)] (§ 225 StGB)
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Germany (jurisprudence)
Vorsatz/dolus (intention)
- dolus directus
= 1st degree: Absicht (purpose)
= 2d degree: direkter Vorsatz (knowledge)
- dolus eventualis (oblique/conditional
intention)
Fahrlässigkeit/culpa (negligence)
- Conscious (advertent) culpa
- Unconscious (inadvertent) culpa
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